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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.