LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 298
Regulation-making power relating to trust money and trust accounts
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 298
Regulation-making power relating to trust money and trust accounts
(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations about a matter to which this
part applies. (2) A regulation may provide for the following— (a) the
establishment, keeping and closure of general trust accounts and
controlled money accounts ; (b) the manner of receiving, depositing,
withdrawing, making records about and otherwise dealing with and accounting
for trust money ; (c) without limiting paragraph (a) or (b) — (i) the
keeping and reconciliation of trust records ; and (ii) the establishment and
keeping of trust ledger accounts; and (iii) the establishment and keeping of
records about controlled money and transit money ; and (iv) the establishment
and keeping of registers of powers and estates in relation to trust money ; and
(v) the recording of information about the investment of trust money ; and
(vi) the giving of statements regarding trust money ; (d) the notification to
the law society of information relating directly or indirectly to matters to
which this part relates, including information about— (i) trust accounts ,
trust money and trust records ; and (ii) the proposed or actual termination of
a law practice that holds trust money ; and (iii) the proposed or actual
termination of engaging in legal practice in this jurisdiction by a law
practice that holds trust money ; and (iv) the proposed or actual
restructuring of the business of a law practice so that it no longer holds or
no longer will hold trust money ; (e) the carrying out of unannounced
examinations of a law practice’s trust records by an external examiner; (f)
the creation and exercise of liens over trust money ; (g) exemptions, or the
giving of exemptions, from all or any stated requirements of this part.
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