LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 725 Examples for ch 2 of things under s 718

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 725

725 Examples for ch 2 of things under s 718

(1) In relation to chapter 2, the following are examples of authorised actions or documents for section 718 in relation to matters dealt with under the Legal Profession Act 2004 —

(a) an application under previous section 48 to a regulatory authority for the grant or renewal of a practising certificate;

(b) the granting or renewing of a practising certificate by a regulatory authority under previous section 52;

(c) an information notice, including an information notice requiring a health assessment under previous section 533;

(d) a written notice, other than an information notice, under a previous provision;

(e) a referral under previous section 36(3) of an application to the Supreme Court for a direction;

(f) a direction under previous section 34(5) by the Supreme Court;

(g) an appeal under a previous provision;

(h) an application under previous section 36 for a declaration that a matter stated in an application will not, without more, adversely affect the board’s assessment of the person’s suitability for admission (however expressed);

(i) a declaration by the Supreme Court in relation to an application mentioned in paragraph (h);

(j) a recommendation under previous section 33 about an application for admission;

(k) an application under the Supreme Court rules for admission and an order in relation to the application, including admission to the legal profession under a previous Act;

(l) a show cause notice under previous section 68 and any representation made in relation to the show cause notice;

(m) an agreement to amend a local practising certificate under previous section 69(1)(b)(ii);

(n) a request to the commissioner of police for a written report under previous section 532;

(o) an appointment of a person under previous section 534 to conduct all or part of a health assessment;

(p) a heath assessment report under previous section 535;

(q) an order of the Supreme Court, including, for example, the following—

(i) an order for the removal of a local lawyer’s name from the local roll under previous section 40(2)(b);

(ii) an order that a person’s name not be removed from the local roll or practising certificate not be cancelled;

(r) jurisdictional protocols entered into under previous section 80.

(2) Also, in relation to chapter 2 of this Act, the following are examples of obligations for section 718 in relation to matters dealt with under the Legal Profession Act 2004 —

(a) an obligation to give notice of a particular conviction, or a charge of a serious offence, if the conviction or charge happened before the commencement;

(b) an obligation to pay a fee or charge or cost, including the cost of an assessment by a health assessor;

(c) an obligation to give written notice of removal of a name from an interstate roll or the taking of foreign regulatory action;

(d) an obligation to comply with a requirement under previous section 72 to return a local regulatory certificate to a regulatory authority;

(e) an obligation under previous section 532(4) to give a report to a regulatory authority;

(f) an obligation under previous section 536 to pay a person appointed as a health assessor;

(g) an obligation under previous section 538 not to disclose a suitability report or information in a suitability report and to destroy a suitability report.

(3) Also, in relation to chapter 2, the following are examples of protections for section 718 in relation to matters dealt with under the Legal Profession Act 2004 —

(a) the statement in previous section 537 that a report relating to a health assessment is not admissible in any proceedings;

(b) the statement in previous section 537 that a person can not be compelled to produce a suitability report or to give evidence about a suitability report or its contents.