LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 349 Imputed acts, omission or knowledge

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 349

349 Imputed acts, omission or knowledge

For this part—

(a) anything done or omitted by, to or in relation to—

(i) an Australian legal practitioner; or

(ii) an Australian-registered foreign lawyer, except for the purposes of section 324 (4) or for the purposes of any provision of this part prescribed under a regulation;

in the course of acting on behalf of a law practice is taken to have been done or omitted by, to or in relation to the law practice; and

(b) without limiting paragraph (a) , the law practice is taken to become or be aware of, or to have a belief as to, any matter if—

(i) an Australian legal practitioner; or

(ii) an Australian-registered foreign lawyer (except for the purposes of section 324 (4) or for the purposes of any provision of this part prescribed under a regulation);

becomes or is aware of, or has a belief as to, the matter in the course of acting on behalf of the law practice.