(1) The law society may make legal profession rules in relation to the
following matters—
(a) the provision of legal services by or in connection
with incorporated legal practices or multi-disciplinary partnerships, and in
particular the provision of legal services by—
(i) officers or employees of
incorporated legal practices; or
(ii) partners or employees of
multi-disciplinary partnerships;
(b) the provision of services that are not
legal services by or in connection with incorporated legal practices or
multi-disciplinary partnerships, but only if the provision of those services
by—
(i) officers or employees of incorporated legal practices; or
(ii)
partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships;
may give rise to a
conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services.
(2) Without
limiting subsection (1) , legal profession rules may be made in relation to
professional obligations relating to legal services provided by or in
connection with incorporated legal practices or multi-disciplinary
partnerships.
(3) However, the legal profession rules can not—
(a) regulate
any services that an incorporated legal practice may provide or conduct (other
than the provision of legal services or other services that may give rise to a
conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services); or
(b)
regulate or prohibit the conduct of officers or employees of an incorporated
legal practice (other than in connection with the provision of legal services
or other services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating to the
provision of legal services); or
(c) regulate any services that a
multi-disciplinary partnership or partners or employees of a
multi-disciplinary partnership may provide or conduct (other than the
provision of legal services or other services that may give rise to a conflict
of interest relating to the provision of legal services); or
(d) regulate or
prohibit the conduct of partners or employees of a multi-disciplinary
partnership (other than in connection with the provision of legal services or
other services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating to the
provision of legal services).
(4) The power to make rules is not limited to
matters for which this Act specifically authorises the making of legal
profession rules or administration rules.
