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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 259 Deficiency in trust account

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 259

Deficiency in trust account

259 Deficiency in trust account

(1) An Australian legal practitioner must not, without reasonable excuse, cause
(a) a deficiency in any trust account or trust ledger account; or
(b) a failure to pay or deliver any trust money.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(2) A reference in subsection (1) to an account includes a reference to an account of the practitioner or of the law practice of which the practitioner is an associate.
(3) In this section—


"cause" includes be responsible for.


"deficiency" , in a trust account or trust ledger account, includes the non-inclusion or exclusion of the whole or any part of an amount that is required to be included in the account.