LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 525 Improperly destroying property etc.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 525

525 Improperly destroying property etc.

(1) Unless a person has a reasonable excuse for doing so, the person must not conceal regulated property of a law practice—

(a) for which a receiver has been appointed; or

(b) in relation to which the person ought reasonably to have known that a receiver is likely to be appointed.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) In this section—


"conceal regulated property" includes the following—

(a) destroy regulated property;

(b) remove regulated property from 1 place to another;

(c) deliver regulated property into the possession, or place regulated property under the control, of someone else other than the receiver.