Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 90 of 1993
- Royal Assent 2 December 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. 1. Short title
2. 2. Commencement
3. 3. Interpretation
PART 2 - The Law Society of Tasmania
4. 4. The Law Society
5. 5. Membership of Society
6. 6. Functions and powers of Society
PART 3 - The Council
7. 7. The Council
8. 8. Powers of Council
9. 9. Executive committee
10. 10. Inspection of records of Council proceedings
11. 11. Delegation
12. 12. Power of Council to make by-laws
13. 13. Procedure relating to the making of by-laws
14. 14. Executive Director and other employees
15. 15. Institution of proceedings on behalf of Society
16. 16. Society entitled to appear in certain proceedings
17. 17. Rules of Practice
PART 4 - Board of Legal Education
18. 18. Board of Legal Education
19. 19. Membership of Board
20. 20. Functions and powers of Board
21. 21. Secretary to Board
22. 22. Rules of Board
PART 5 - Admission as Barristers and Legal Practitioners Division 1
- Admission as barristers and legal practitioners
23. 23. Admission as legal practitioners
24. 24. Admission of articled clerks with law degrees
25. 25. Admission of articled clerks without law degrees
26. 26. Exemption from examinations
27. 27. Admission of other persons
28. 28. Admission of barristers
29. 29. Terms and conditions of certain admissions
29A. 29A. Rules relating to admission
Division 2 - General provisions relating to admissions and right of
audience
30. 30. Publication of notice for admission
31. 31. General provisions relating to admissions
32. 32. Objection to admission
33. 33. Ineligibility for admission
34. 34. Audience of certain officers of Commonwealth
35. 35. Disbarment or removal from roll
36. 36. Certificate of admission
PART 6 - Articled Clerks
37. 37.
38. 38. Articles of clerkship
39. 39. Number of apprentices, &c., to be limited
40. 40. Appeals
41. 41. Lodgement of articles
42. 42. Articles to be in approved form
43. 43. Assignment of articles
44. 44. Discharge of articles
45. 45. Application for limited right of audience
46. 46. Limited right of audience
47. 47. Aggregation of periods of employment
48. 48. Irregularities of employment
49. 49. Employment in other State or Territory
50. 50. Delivery of certificate
PART 7 - Entitlement to Practise
51. 51. Practising certificates
51A. 51A. Appeals against cancellation or suspension
51B. 51B. Hearing of appeals
52. 52. Effect of not practising
53. 53. Offence to practise without certificate
54. 54. Offence to practise unless admitted
54A. 54A. Community legal centres
55. 55. Foreign lawyers
PART 7A - Interstate legal practitioners Division 1 - Interstate
practising certificates
55A. 55A. Interstate legal practitioners entitled to practise in State
55B. 55B. Additional conditions
Division 2 - Indemnity insurance
55C. 55C. Indemnity insurance
55D. 55D. Indemnity insurance if no State office
55E. 55E. Trust accounts
Division 3 - Complaints and discipline
55F. 55F. Complaints relating to local legal practitioners in
participating States
55G. 55G. Referral to regulatory authority in participating State
55H. 55H. Dealing with referred matters
55I. 55I. Information
55J. 55J. Local legal practitioners subject to interstate regulatory
authorities
Division 4 - General provisions
55K. 55K. Local legal practitioner receiving trust money interstate
55L. 55L. Powers under corresponding law
55M. 55M. Corresponding law
55N. 55N. Agreements and arrangements with other regulatory authorities
PART 8 - Disciplinary Proceedings Division 1 - Investigations and
hearings of Council
56. 56. Interpretation of Part 8
57. 57. Complaints
58. 58. Investigations
59. 59. Compulsory conferences
60. 60. Hearing before Council
61. 61. Determination of Council
62. 62. Notice of determination
63. 63. Appeals against determinations
64. 64. Referral of matters relating to professional misconduct
65. 65. Investigations committee
Division 1A - Informal proceedings
65A. 65A. Appearance to explain certain matters
65B. 65B. Determination
65C. 65C. Referral to Tribunal
Division 2 - The Disciplinary Tribunal
66. 66. Disciplinary Tribunal
67. 67. Immunity of members of Tribunal
68. 68. Confidentiality
69. 69. General functions and powers of the Tribunal
70. 70. Secretary to Tribunal
71. 71. Report of Tribunal
72. 72. Applications to Tribunal
73. 73. Procedure of Tribunal
74. 74. Procedure at hearing of application
75. 75. Evidence of conviction and sentence
76. 76. Orders of Tribunal
77. 77. Publication of orders
78. 78. Appeals against orders of Tribunal
79. 79. Hearing and determination of appeal
Division 3 - Disciplinary proceedings before the Supreme Court
80. 80. Applications to Supreme Court
81. 81. Hearing and determination of application
Division 4 - Legal Ombudsman
82. 82. Appointment of Legal Ombudsman
83. 83. Vacation of office
84. 84. Temporary vacancy
85. 85. Powers and functions of Legal Ombudsman
86. 86. Annual report of Legal Ombudsman
87. 87. Immunity of Legal Ombudsman
88. 88. Disclosure of information
Division 5 - Miscellaneous
89. 89. Orders pending determination of complaint
90. 90. Power to remove name from roll
91. 91. Power to suspend from practice
92. 92. Referral of hearing involving crimes
93. 93. Inherent jurisdiction of Supreme Court preserved
PART 9 - Provisions Relating to Protection of Money Division 1 -
Interpretation
94. 94. Interpretation of Part 9
Division 2 - Solicitors' Trust
95. 95. Solicitors' Trust
96. 96. Membership of Trust
97. 97. Functions and powers of Trust
98. 98. Trust deposit accounts
99. 99. Application of funds in trust deposit accounts
100. 100. Accounts, reports and audit
Division 3 - Trust accounts
101. 101. Trust accounts
102. 102. Deposit of trust money
103. 103. Withdrawals
104. 104. Interest on trust account
105. 105. Trust to invest interest
106. 106. Audited accounts of interest
Division 4 - Solicitors' Guarantee Fund
107. 107. Solicitors' Guarantee Fund
108. 108. Application of funds of Guarantee Fund
Division 5 - Claims against defaulting legal practitioners
109. 109. Prohibition on withdrawal of certain property
110. 110. Appeal against notice
111. 111. Default order and Court fund
112. 112. Application of Court fund
113. 113. Vesting in Trust of rights
114. 114. Claims against Court fund
115. 115. Review of rejection of claim or imposition of terms or
conditions
116. 116. Administration of Court fund
117. 117. Sale or disposal of practice
118. 118. Subrogation of innocent member of firm or legal practitioner
corporation
118A. 118A. Meaning of "fiduciary default"
Division 6 - Management of practices
119. 119. Management of practice
120. 120. Powers of managers
121. 121. Inspections of accounts
Division 7 - Miscellaneous
122. 122. Disclosure of information
122A. 122A. Certain orders taken to be judgments of Supreme Court
123. 123. Rules
PART 10 - Professional Indemnity Insurance
124. 124. Indemnity Rules
125. 125. Provision of information
126. 126. Inspection of indemnity insurance documents
PART 11 - Remuneration
127. 127. Interpretation of Part 11
128. 128. Rules in respect of costs and taxation of costs
129. 129. Remuneration by agreement
130. 130. Accounts
131. 131. Interim accounts
132. 132. Itemized bill of costs
133. 133. Recovery of costs
134. 134. Appointment by Council of persons to tax costs
135. 135. Taxation of costs
135A. 135A. Assistance to taxing officer
136. 136. Matters considered in taxation of costs
136A. 136A. Review of taxation of costs
137. 137. Interest
138. 138. Security for costs
139. 139. First charge and prior right to payment
140. 140. Delivering up of documents
141. 141. Arbitrators
142. 142. Powers of arbitrator
143. 143. Determination of arbitrator
PART 11A - Information
143A. 143A. Information for client
143B. 143B. Information if another legal practitioner retained
143C. 143C. Form of statement
143D. 143D. Changes to be notified
143E. 143E. Exceptions
143F. 143F. Effect of failure to give information
143G. 143G. Progress reports
PART 12 - Unclaimed Money
144. 144. Interpretation
145. 145. Unclaimed money to be paid into trust deposit accounts
145A. 145A. Using unclaimed money
146. 146. Register of unclaimed money
147. 147. Claims for unclaimed money
PART 13 - Legal Practitioner Corporations
148. 148. Practising certificates for legal practitioner corporations
149. 149. Application for practising certificate
150. 150. Issue of practising certificates
151. 151. Memorandum and articles of association
152. 152. Notification of non-compliance with memorandum and articles
of association
153. 153. Alteration to memorandum or articles of association
154. 154. Authority of practising certificate
155. 155. Applications for renewal of practising certificates
156. 156. Issue of renewal of practising certificates
157. 157. List of legal practitioner corporations
158. 158. Evidentiary provision with respect to list
159. 159. Appeals
160. 160. Liability of members
161. 161. Offences by legal practitioner corporations
162. 162. Foreign corporations
PART 14 - Miscellaneous
163. 163.
164. 164. False and misleading statements
165. 165. Protection from liability
166. 166. Regulations
167. 167. Repeal
168. 168. Savings and transitional provisions
169. 169. Administration of Act
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