LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 768 Transitional provision about examination of accounts under Queensland Law Society Act 1952

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 768

768 Transitional provision about examination of accounts under Queensland Law Society Act 1952

(1) This section applies to an examination of accounts under the Queensland Law Society Act 1952 , section 31 , if—

(a) before the commencement of this section, a person (the
"accountant" ) was appointed under that section to examine an entity’s accounts; and

(b) on the commencement, the accountant has not completed the examination or has not given to the council a report under that section.

(2) On the commencement—

(a) the examination of the entity’s accounts is taken to be a trust account investigation; and

(b) the accountant is taken to be an investigator under this Act for the purposes of the investigation.