LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 742 Claims for acts or omissions happening before commencement

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 742

742 Claims for acts or omissions happening before commencement

(1) If a person made a claim against the fidelity fund as it existed before the commencement of this section in relation to an act or omission that also happened before the commencement—

(a) the claim is to be dealt with under the repealed provision; and

(b) the law governing the liability of the fidelity fund, and the amount of the reimbursement, is the law as in force under the repealed provision.

(2) If the person did not made a claim against the fidelity fund as it existed before the commencement in relation to an act or omission before the commencement—

(a) the claim may be made under this Act; but

(b) the law governing the liability of the fidelity fund, and the amount of the reimbursement, is the law as in force immediately before the commencement.

(3) If section 397 applies, the amount of a reimbursement may be dealt with in the same way as a payment from the fidelity fund after the commencement.

(4) In this section—


"repealed provision" means either of the following as was in force at the time of the relevant act or omission—

(a) the Queensland Law Society Act 1952 , part 3 , as in force immediately before the commencement of previous section 609;

(b) the Legal Profession Act 2004 , chapter 2 , part 7 .