LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 73
Return of local practising certificate
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 73
Return of local practising certificate
73 Return of local practising certificate
(1) This section applies if a local practising certificate is amended,
suspended or cancelled by a relevant regulatory authority under division 6 or
7 .
(2) The regulatory authority may—
(a) give the certificate holder a
notice requiring the holder to return the certificate to the authority in the
way stated in the notice within a stated period of not less than 14 days; or
(b) include in an information notice that the authority must give to the
certificate holder under division 6 or 7 a further notice requiring the holder
to return the certificate to the authority in the way stated in the notice
within a stated period of not less than 14 days.
(3) The certificate holder
must comply with the requirement, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(4) The regulatory
authority must return the practising certificate to the certificate holder—
(a) if the certificate is amended—after amending it; or
(b) if the
certificate is suspended and is still current at the end of the suspension
period—at the end of the suspension period.