LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 572 Inspection of books

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 572

572 Inspection of books

(1) An ILP investigator has and may exercise the same powers as those conferred on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cwlth) , sections 30 (1) , 34 and 37 to 39 .

(2) Those provisions apply in relation to the exercise of those powers, with the necessary changes, including the following changes—

(a) a reference to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, however expressed, is taken to be a reference to an ILP investigator;

(b) a reference to a body corporate, including a body corporate that is not an exempt public authority, is taken to be a reference to an incorporated legal practice;

(c) a reference to an eligible person in relation to an incorporated legal practice is taken to be a reference to an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice;

(d) a reference to a member or staff member is taken to be a reference to the ILP investigator or a person authorised by the ILP investigator who is an officer or employee of the ILP investigator;

(e) a reference in section 37 of that Act to a proceeding is taken to be a reference to an audit or investigation to which this part applies or an examination under section 571 .