LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - NOTES

No. 99 of 2004
Version incorporating amendments as at 21 May 2009

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
Minister's second reading speech-
Legislative Assembly: 16 November 2004
Legislative Council: 2 December 2004
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to improve the regulation of the legal profession, principally by implementing national model provisions for the regulation of the profession and establishing new bodies responsible for regulating it, to facilitate the regulation of legal practice on a national basis across State and Territory borders, to repeal the Legal Practice Act 1996, to make consequential amendments to Acts and for other purposes."
The Legal Profession Act 2004 was assented to on 14 December 2004 and sections 3.5.2(7)(9) and 8.1.1(1) came into operation on 15 December 2004: section 1.1.2(2); remainder of Act on 12 December 2005: Government Gazette 1 December 2005 page 2781.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Legal Profession Act 2004 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 113) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005
Assent Date:
24.5.05
Commencement Date:
Ss 4-17, 19 on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005
Assent Date:
7.12.05
Commencement Date:
S. 182(Sch. 4 item 32) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006, No. 14/2006
Assent Date:
11.4.06
Commencement Date:
S. 29 on 12.4.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2006, No. 29/2006
Assent Date:
6.6.06
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 17) on 14.12.04: s. 2(2)(g)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Conveyancers Act 2006, No. 75/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
S. 190 on 1.7.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Justice Legislation (Further Amendment) Act 2006, No. 79/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
Ss 32-44 on 11.10.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004


Public Sector Acts (Further Workplace Protection and Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 80/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
S. 26(Sch. item 59) on 11.10.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Legal Profession Amendment Act 2007, No. 12/2007
Assent Date:
8.5.07
Commencement Date:
S. 6(1) on 27.3.06: s. 2(2); ss 4, 5, 7-47, 50-79 on 9.5.07: s. 2(1); ss 48, 49 on 8.11.07: s. 2(5); s. 6(2) on 1.7.08: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Statute Law Revision Act 2007, No. 28/2007
Assent Date:
26.6.07
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 38) on 27.6.07: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Legal Profession Amendment (Education) Act 2007, No. 46/2007
Assent Date:
25.9.07
Commencement Date:
Ss 19-27 on 26.9.07: s. 2(1); ss 4-18 on 1.7.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Relationships Act 2008, No. 12/2008
Assent Date:
15.4.08
Commencement Date:
S. 73(1)(Sch. 1 item 36) on 1.12.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008, No. 24/2008
Assent Date:
3.6.08
Commencement Date:
S. 84 on 17.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 377) 16.12.08 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
Professional Standards and Legal Profession Acts Amendment Act 2008, No. 81/2008
Assent Date:
11.12.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 23, 24 on 12.12.08: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Legal Profession Act 2004
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3. Explanatory Details
No entries at date of publication.



















INDEX

Subject

Section

Act

	commencement
1.1.2
	construction of references to Parts 1.2.9
	purpose
1.1.1
	transitional provisions
8.2.1, Sch. 2
Admission

	admission rules
1.2.1, 2.3.12
	admitted persons as officers of Supreme Court
2.3.9
	appeals
2.3.11
	applications
2.3.4
	conditions imposed under corresponding laws
2.4.17
	definition of admission to the legal profession
1.2.1
	eligibility
2.3.2, 2.3.10
	fees
2.3.4, 2.3.5, 7.2.17
	grounds for, requirements
2.3.6
	health assessments as requirement for
2.5.1-2.5.2, 
2.5.4-2.5.9
	notice to other jurisdictions of certain matters
2.6.3
	oaths, affirmations of office
2.3.6
	purposes of Part 2.3
2.3.1
	qualifications required 
2.3.2, 2.3.12
	signing of roll by admitted persons
2.3.7-2.3.8
	suitability
2.3.3, 2.3.10
	suitability matters determined as not sufficient 	for refusing

2.4.4
	training requirements
2.3.2, 2.3.12
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Advertising 

	by foreign lawyers
2.8.11
	by incorporated legal practices
2.7.8, 2.7.18
	by multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.47
	by unqualified persons, bodies corporate
2.2.3
Appeals

	regarding

admissions
2.3.11
appointment of external interveners
5.6.4
approval of associates
2.2.8
disqualified persons orders
2.2.6
Fidelity Fund claims
3.6.23-3.6.25
review of legal costs
3.4.47
Approved clerks See Clerks

Articles See Training

Associates

	approval
2.2.8
	definition
1.2.1, 1.2.4
	persons guilty of relevant offences as
2.2.5-2.2.8
	home jurisdiction (def.)
1.2.1, 1.2.5
	lay associates, legal practitioner associates (defs)
1.2.1, 1.2.4, 2.2.5
	of incorporated legal practices under investigation
2.7.23
See also Defaults; External intervention; 
Trust accounts and money

Subject

Section

Attorney-General

	powers, functions regarding

Council of Legal Education
6.5.1
Fidelity Fund
6.7.19
interest on Fidelity Fund claims
3.6.17
investigations in relation to competition
3.2.20, 3.2.23-3.2.24
Legal Costs Committee
3.4.25
legal profession rules
3.2.13
Legal Services Board
6.2.6, 6.2.9, 6.2.21-6.2.22, 
Legal Services Commissioner
6.3.5-6.3.7, 6.3.9, 6.3.13-6.3.14
Liability Committee
6.6.14
practitioner remuneration orders
3.4.24
Public Purpose Fund
6.7.6-6.7.10, 6.7.11A
Australian lawyers

	definition
1.2.1, 1.2.2
	jurisdiction in which legal practice engaged in
2.4.8
	liability
2.2.12, 7.2.11
	professional misconduct, unsatisfactory conduct
2.2.12
	prohibited from practising if prisoners
2.2.11
Australian legal practitioners

	co-advocacy
3.2.2
	death, deceased practitioners 
2.2.9, 2.7.50
	definition
1.2.1, 1.2.3
	employed by foreign lawyers
2.8.12
	entitlement to practise in this jurisdiction
2.4.2
	foreign lawyers as employees, partners of
2.8.7
	home jurisdiction (def.)
1.2.1, 1.2.5
	investigations of effect on competition 
3.2.20-3.2.24
	legal profession rules
3.2.9, 3.2.11-3.2.13
	permitting, assisting unqualified persons to practise
2.2.10
	professional obligations (def.)
2.7.2
	retired practitioners
2.2.9
	robing
3.2.7
	sharing of income from legal practice
2.2.9
See also Incorporated legal practices; 
Multi-disciplinary partnerships; Principals

Australian practising certificates

	contraventions of conditions
2.4.4
	definition
1.2.1
	entitlement of holders to practise
2.4.2
	lapse
3.6.44
	non-compliance as unsatisfactory conduct, 	professional misconduct

4.4.5, 4.4.6
	obtained dishonestly
2.4.4
	receipt of trust money authorised by
3.3.71
	supervised legal practice for holders of
2.4.18
	suspension, cancellation, refusal to issue, renew 
3.6.44, 4.4.25
See also Interstate practising certificates;
Local practising certificates

Subject

Section

Australian-registered foreign lawyers 
See Foreign lawyers

Australian rolls See Rolls

Australian trust accounts 
See Trust accounts and money

Barristers

	definition
1.2.1
	legal profession rules
3.2.9
	professional indemnity insurance
3.5.2
	sole practice by
3.2.6
Board See Legal Services Board

Board of Examiners

	appeals against decisions of
2.3.11
	chairperson
6.5.12, 6.5.14
	consultants
6.5.17
	continuation, constitution
6.5.9
	definition
1.2.1
	delegation
6.5.17A
	deputy members
6.5.16
	functions and powers
2.3.10, 6.5.10
	meetings
6.5.14
	membership
6.5.9, 6.5.11
	notice to corresponding authorities
2.6.3
	powers, functions regarding

	resignation and removal from office
6.5.12
	special hearings
6.5.15
	staff
6.5.19
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	validity of acts, decisions
6.5.18
See also Admission

Chambers
3.2.5
Chief Commissioner of Police
2.5.3
Chief Justice
3.4.25, 6.5.1, 6.5.3-6.5.4, 6.5.7
Civil complaints See Complaints

Civil disputes See Disputes

Clerks

	approved clerks
3.2.16, 3.3.2, 3.3.70, 6.7.29
	compulsory clerking prohibited
3.2.4
	legal profession rules
3.2.16
Co-advocacy
3.2.2
Commissioner See Legal Services Commissioner

Community legal centres

	boards of management
2.9.1-2.9.3
	contributions to Fidelity Fund
6.7.28
	definition
1.2.1
	professional indemnity insurance
3.5.4, 3.5.7
	register
6.2.23
	regulations
2.9.5
	right to recover legal costs
2.9.4


Subject

Section

	sharing income of law practices, practitioners with
2.2.9
	supervising legal practitioners
1.2.1, 2.9.2-2.9.3
	volunteers
2.4.3, 2.4.9
Compensation 

	definition of compensation orders
1.2.1
	orders made as result of complaints
4.2.14, 4.2.16, 4.3.17, 4.4.13, 4.4.19
Competition
3.2.20-3.2.24
Complaints

	application of Chapter 4
4.1.2-4.1.5
	application of Part 4.4
4.4.1
	civil complaints (def.)
1.2.1, 4.2.2
	Commissioner's annual report regarding
6.3.13
	compensation for complainants
4.2.14, 4.2.16, 4.3.17, 4.4.13, 4.4.19
	conduct complaints (def.)
1.2.1
	dealing with
4.2.11
	definition
1.2.1
	disciplinary complaints
1.2.1, 4.2.3, 4.4.1
	dismissal
4.2.10, 4.3.3, 4.3.5, 4.3.13, 4.4.14
	form, information included in
4.2.6
	further information required
4.2.9
	guidelines for handling of
6.3.15
	information regarding procedure
4.2.12
	inter-jurisdictional provisions
4.4.32-4.4.38
	making of
2.4.25, 4.2.1, 4.2.4,-4.2.5
	notice to practices, practitioners of
4.2.8
	purposes of Chapter 4
4.1.1
	regarding legal costs
3.4.30, 3.4.35, 3.4.48
	time limits for
4.2.7
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	waiver of privilege, duty of confidentiality
4.2.15
See also Disputes; Investigations of conduct

Conduct 
See Complaints; Disciplinary action; 
 Investigations of conduct; 
 Professional misconduct; 
	 Unsatisfactory professional conduct

Contempt of Supreme Court
2.2.10-2.2.11, 7.2.10
Conveyancing businesses

	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Corporate legal practitioners
1.2.1, 2.2.9, 2.4.3
Corporations (def.)
2.7.2
See also Incorporated legal practices




Subject

Section

Corresponding authorities

	definition
1.2.1
	information received by local authorities from
2.6.13
	protocols, functions, notice regarding

admissions
2.6.3
banned incorporated legal practices
2.7.24
defaults and Fidelity Fund claims
3.6.32-3.6.41
investigating, dealing with conduct
4.1.4, 4.4.32-4.4.38
local practising certificates
2.6.5
removal of names from roll
2.6.4
trust money
3.3.6
	purpose, application of Part 2.6
2.6.1, 2.6.2
Corresponding laws (def.)
1.2.1
Costs Committee See Legal Costs Committee

Costs disputes See Disputes; Legal costs

Council of Legal Education

	consultants
6.5.6
	continuation, constitution
6.5.1
	delegation
6.5.7
	deputy for Chief Justice
6.5.5
	functions
6.5.2
	meetings
6.5.4
	membership
6.5.1, 6.5.1A, 6.5.3
	power to make admission rules
2.3.12
	staff
6.5.19
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	validity of acts, decisions
6.5.8
County Court

	judges as chairperson of Board
6.2.7
	judges, Chief Judge as members of Council 
6.5.3
Court of Appeal

	appeals to 
2.2.6, 5.6.4
Criminal record checks See Police reports

Damages
4.2.14, 4.2.16
Deceased legal practitioners
See Australian legal practitioners; 
	 External intervention

Defaults

	application of Part 3.6
3.6.4-3.6.6, 3.6.42-3.6.44
	concerted interstate defaults
3.6.2, 3.6.30, 3.6.36
	definitions
3.6.2, 3.6.6
	inter-jurisdictional provisions
3.6.32-3.6.41
	involving interstate elements
3.6.31, 3.6.36
	notices regarding
3.6.9
	notional defaults (def.)
3.6.29
	of associates of law practices
3.6.28-3.6.29
	of incorporated legal practices
3.6.42
	of multi-disciplinary partnerships
3.6.43
	of sole practitioners whose practising certificate has lapsed

3.6.44
Subject

Section

	purpose of Part 3.6
3.6.1
	relating to financial services, investments
3.6.6
	relevant jurisdiction
3.6.2-3.6.4
	time of
3.6.3
See also Fidelity Fund - Claims

Definitions

	specific terms

disqualified persons
1.2.1
foreign regulatory action
2.6.1A
law practice
3.5.1
lay associate
2.2.5
relevant offence
2.2.5
	terms applying to whole Act
1.2.1-1.2.7
	terms in relation to

admission
2.3.2, 2.3.3
Board of Examiners
6.5.9
community legal centres
2.9.1
complaints and discipline
4.2.2-4.2.3
conduct and discipline, investigations
4.4.2-4.4.3, 4.4.11, 4.4.25, 4.4.37
Council of Legal Education
6.5.1, 6.5.1A
defaults and Fidelity Fund claims
3.6.2, 3.6.6, 3.6.9, 3.6.23, 3.6.24, 3.6.29
external intervention
5.1.2, 5.6.1, 5.6.8
foreign lawyers
2.8.2, 2.8.10
government lawyers
2.4.41
health assessments
2.5.2, 2.5.5, 2.5.8
incorporated practices
2.7.2, 2.7.29, 2.7.30, 2.7.34
legal costs
3.4.2, 3.4.2A, 3.4.32, 3.4.34, 3.4.38
Legal Services Board
6.2.16, 6.7.22
Liability Committee
6.6.5, 6.6.9
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.2
police reports
2.5.2
regulatory authorities
7.2.14-7.2.15
transitional provisions
Sch. 2
trust accounts and money
3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.13, 3.3.17A, 3.3.21, 3.3.23, 3.3.44, 3.3.56, 3.3.62
Dependants
2.2.9
Director of Public Prosecutions
7.2.10
Disciplinary action

	against persons in incorporated legal practices
2.7.22
	against persons with infirmities, injuries, illnesses
4.4.30
	application of Chapter 4
4.1.2-4.1.5
	as result of excessive legal costs
3.4.46
	compliance with orders or recommendations under corresponding laws

4.4.37
	corresponding disciplinary bodies (def.)
1.2.1
	definition
4.4.25
Subject

Section

	jurisdiction of Supreme Court
4.4.39
	on completion of investigations
4.4.13
	publicising of
4.4.27-4.4.31
	purposes of Chapter 4
4.1.1
	Register of 
4.4.25-4.4.27
	VCAT orders
4.4.16-4.4.19
Disciplinary complaints See Complaints

Disputes

	application of Part 4.3
4.3.1
	civil disputes
1.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.5A
	costs disputes
1.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.3-4.3.5, 4.3.17, 4.4.19
	failure by Commissioner to resolve
4.3.7
	mediation

admissibility of evidence, documents in
4.3.11
agreements
4.3.12
application of Part 4.3, Division 3
4.3.8
attendance, representation at
4.3.10
failure of
4.3.7, 4.3.14
failure to attend
4.3.13
mediators
4.3.9, 6.4.3-6.4.5
referral to
4.3.5, 4.3.7
	resolution by Commissioner
4.3.5, 4.3.5A
	resolution by VCAT
4.2.13, 4.3.15-4.3.17
	stay of proceedings
4.3.2
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	unsuitable for resolution by Commissioner
4.3.5, 4.3.6
See also Complaints; Investigations of conduct

Disqualified persons

	as associates
2.2.6-2.2.8
	definition
1.2.1
	in incorporated legal practices
2.7.21, 2.7.24
	in multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.49
	orders
2.2.6
Evidence

	certificates of Board as
7.2.5
	regarding

audits of incorporated legal practices
2.7.23
civil disputes, mediation
4.3.5, 4.3.11
copies of documents seized
3.3.42
Fidelity Fund claims
3.6.25
investigations of conduct
4.4.11
investigations of offences
7.2.7
investigations of trust accounts, money
3.3.46
investigations relating to competitions
3.2.21
legal profession rules
7.2.5
regulated property
5.5.9, 5.5.10, 5.5.14
reports of irregularities in trust accounts
3.3.24
External examiners See Trust accounts and money


Subject

Section

External intervention 

	application of Chapter 5
5.1.3-5.1.4
	circumstances warranting
5.2.1
	definition
5.1.2
	determinations of Board regarding
5.2.2
	external interveners
1.2.1, 5.1.2
access to accounts
5.6.6
appeals against appointment of
5.6.4
appointment, reappointment
5.6.1, 5.6.3
confidentiality
5.6.9
definition
1.2.1, 5.1.2
fees, legal costs, expenses
5.6.7
reimbursement for damages recovered against
5.6.10
reports
5.6.8
status of acts of
5.6.2
	purposes of Chapter 5
5.1.1
	Supreme Court directions regarding
5.6.5
See also Managers; Receivers; Supervisors of trust money

Fidelity Fund

	Board's general duties
6.7.15
	contributions to

applicants, holders of practising certificates
2.4.9, 6.7.26
approved clerks
3.3.70, 6.7.29
community legal centres
6.7.28
contributor classes
1.2.1, 6.7.24
determination
6.7.25
failure to pay
2.4.4
interstate practitioners
3.3.72, 6.7.27
members of more than 1 class
6.7.30, 6.7.32
payment by employers
6.7.35
recovery
6.7.34
	definitions
1.2.1, 3.6.2
	insufficient funds in
3.6.27, 6.7.13, 6.7.31
	insurance
6.7.22
	levies
3.6.27, 6.7.31-6.7.35
	payments into
3.6.13, 3.6.19, 6.7.3, 6.7.13, 6.7.17, 6.7.22
	payments out of

capping and sufficiency provisions (def.)
3.6.2
for claims for defaults
3.6.13, 3.6.16-3.6.17, 3.6.26-3.6.27, 6.7.18
general provisions
6.7.18
to liquidators, trustees
6.7.20
to Public Purpose Fund 
6.7.3, 6.7.21
	prohibition on borrowing for purposes of
6.7.23
	purpose
6.7.16
	solvency level
6.7.13, 6.7.19
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2

Subject

Section

Fidelity Fund - Claims

	advance payments
3.6.13
	appeals
3.6.23-3.6.25
	costs
3.6.16
	definitions
3.6.2, 3.6.9, 3.6.23, 3.6.24, 3.6.29
	determination
3.6.14
	disallowance
3.6.12-3.6.14, 3.6.16
	failure to determine
3.6.24
	interest payable
3.6.17
	investigations
3.6.12
	made about concerted interstate defaults, involving 	interstate elements
3.6.30-3.6.31, 3.6.36
	made by associates, law practices
3.6.28-3.6.29
	making of
3.6.7-3.6.10
	maximum amounts payable
3.6.15, 3.6.26
	not affected by certain matters
3.6.11
	notice of decision
3.6.22
	notice of delays in decisions
3.6.21
	notices inviting 
3.6.9-3.6.10
	partial payments, postponement of payments
3.6.27
	reduction of amounts payable
3.6.14, 3.6.18
	repayment of certain amounts
3.6.20
	subrogation of Board
3.6.19, 3.6.25
	time limits
3.6.8-3.6.10
	under corresponding laws

co-operation with other authorities
3.6.41
forwarding of claims
3.6.33
investigations 
3.6.34-3.6.36, 3.6.39-3.6.40
protocols
3.6.32
recommendations to, from Board
3.6.37-3.6.38
Financial services
3.3.3, 3.6.6
Fines
4.4.19, 6.7.3
Foreign lawyers

	advertising
2.8.11
	application of Chapter 4 to
2.8.8, 2.8.29
	application of Chapter 5 to
5.1.3
	Australian-registered foreign lawyers (def.)
1.2.1
	corresponding foreign law (def.)
1.2.1
	definitions
2.8.2
	designations used by
2.8.9
	employment of Australian legal practitioners by
2.8.12
	ethical and practice standards
2.8.8
	exemptions
2.8.49
	fidelity cover
2.8.14, 2.8.23
	foreign law practices (def.)
2.8.2
	foreign registration authority (def.)
2.8.2
	foreign rolls (def.)
1.2.1
	home jurisdiction (def.)
1.2.1, 1.2.5
	interstate-registered foreign lawyers
1.2.1, 2.8.44-2.8.45
Subject

Section

	legal profession rules
2.8.41-2.8.42, 3.2.10-3.2.13
	letterheads, public documents used by
2.8.9, 2.8.10
	liability
7.2.11
	locally registered foreign lawyers (def.)
1.2.1
	membership of professional associations
2.8.50
	not officers of Supreme Court
2.8.17
	notice of offences by
2.8.41
	overseas-registered foreign lawyer (def.)
2.8.2
	practice of foreign law by
2.8.2, 2.8.4-2.8.8
	principals of foreign law practices
2.8.9
	professional indemnity insurance
3.5.3, 2.8.23
	professional misconduct, unsatisfactory conduct
2.8.8
	publication of names, information regarding
2.8.47
	purpose, application of Part 2.8
2.8.1, 2.8.3
	registered in foreign country (def.)
2.8.2
	service of notices on
7.2.1
	sharing of income of legal practice with
2.2.9
	trust money, accounts handled by
2.8.13
	unregistered practice
2.8.4
Foreign lawyers - Registration

	amendments
1.2.1, 2.8.25-2.8.28, 2.8.32, 2.8.38
	application of Part 2.8, Division 6
2.8.24
	applications
2.8.18-2.8.20, 2.8.30
	as requirement for practising foreign law
2.8.4
	cancellation

as result of disciplinary action
2.8.8
as result of failure to show cause
2.8.32
by request
2.8.28
disciplinary matters not affected by
2.8.37
grounds for (general)
2.8.25
notice
2.8.26
on becoming Australian legal practitioner
2.8.36
on surrender of local registration certificate
2.8.35
operation of
2.8.27
return of local registration certificate as result
2.8.38
	conditions
2.8.21, 2.8.39-2.8.43, 2.8.48
	duration
2.8.16
	eligibility
2.8.15
	fees, costs, expenses
2.8.19
	further information, documents required
2.8.46
	grant
2.8.21-2.8.22
	inquiries regarding applications
2.8.46
	local registration certificates
2.8.2, 2.8.21, 2.8.35, 2.8.38
	refusal to grant, renew
2.8.23, 2.8.32
	register
6.2.23-6.2.24
	renewal
2.8.16, 2.8.18-2.8.22

Subject

Section

	restrictions on making further applications
2.8.33
	review of decisions
2.8.51
	show cause events
2.8.30-2.8.32
	suspension
2.8.25-2.8.27, 2.8.32, 2.8.34, 2.8.37-2.8.38
See also Complaints; Disciplinary action

Fraud See Defaults

Government lawyers
2.4.41
Health assessments

	as requirement for admission to practise, local practising certificates

2.5.1-2.5.2, 2.5.4
	health assessors
2.5.2, 2.5.5
	reports
2.5.6-2.5.10
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Incorporated legal practices

	advertising by
2.7.8, 2.7.18
	application of Act, regulations, other legislation to
2.7.32-2.7.34
	audits of
2.7.22-2.7.24
	conflicts of interest
2.7.14
	co-operation between courts
2.7.31
	defaults, externally administered bodies corporate
6.7.20
	definitions
2.7.2, 2.7.29-2.7.30, 2.7.34
	directors
2.7.2, 2.7.10-2.7.11, 2.7.13
	disclosures regarding legal services provided
2.7.15-2.7.16
	disclosures to ASIC of information regarding
2.7.26
	disqualification from managing 
2.7.25, 4.1.5, 4.4.4
	disqualified corporations
2.7.24, 2.7.50
	disqualified persons involved in
2.7.21
	eligibility of corporations
2.7.6
	external administration
2.7.27-2.7.30
	foreign lawyers as partners, employees of
2.8.7
	legal practitioner directors
1.2.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.10-2.7.12, 2.7.52
	legal profession rules for
2.7.14, 2.7.17, 3.2.14-3.2.15
	nature of
2.7.4
	non-legal services, businesses of
2.7.5
	notice of intention to start
2.7.7
	notice of termination
2.7.9
	professional misconduct, unsatisfactory conduct
2.7.11, 2.7.21, 2.7.24, 2.7.53
	professional obligations of Australian legal 	practitioners as officers, employees
2.7.2, 2.7.10, 2.7.13, 2.7.52
	purposes, application of Part 2.7
2.7.1, 2.7.3
	receivership
2.7.29-2.7.30
	register
6.2.23
	regulations (general)
2.7.53
	representations as
2.7.8
	service of notices on
7.2.1
Subject

Section

	sharing of receipts, revenue, income
2.7.20
	standard of care owed by
2.7.16
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	undue influence on
2.7.35
	vicarious liability
2.7.19
See also External intervention

Information notices (def.)
1.2.1, 1.2.7
Injunctions
7.2.13
Insolvents under administration

	conduct of practitioners in becoming, as
4.1.5, 4.4.4
	definition
1.2.1
	foreign lawyers as
2.8.25
	insolvency as show cause event
1.2.1, 2.4.26-2.4.28
	payments to liquidators, trustees
6.7.20
See also External intervention

Inspectors

	appointment
3.3.29
	definition
3.3.2
	identification
3.3.30, 3.3.36, 3.3.39, 3.3.45
	non-compliance with
3.3.45
	powers regarding 

production of information, documents
3.3.34, 3.3.43-3.3.44, 3.3.46
production of records
3.3.31
questioning of associates, clerks
3.3.32-3.3.33
search and entry powers with consent
3.3.35-3.3.36
search and entry powers with warrants
3.3.37-3.3.39
seizure
3.3.35-3.3.37, 3.3.40-3.3.42
	reports on investigations
3.3.47
	rules for qualifications
3.3.50
	secrecy
3.3.49
Interstate authorities See Corresponding authorities

Interstate lawyers (def.)
1.2.1, 1.2.2
Interstate legal practitioners

	as officers of Supreme Court
2.4.36
	authorised to withdraw from local trust accounts
2.4.34
	conditions on practice
2.4.33
	contributions to Fidelity Fund
3.3.72, 6.7.27
	definition
1.2.1, 1.2.3
	entitlement to practise
2.4.32
	review of decisions regarding
2.4.38
	unsupervised practice by
2.4.35
Interstate practising certificates
1.2.1, 2.4.8, 2.4.42, 4.4.18
Interstate regulatory authorities
7.2.14
See also Corresponding authorities

Interstate roll See Rolls



Subject

Section

Interstate trust accounts 
See Trust accounts and money

Investigations

	of offences
7.2.6-7.2.9
	regarding competition
3.2.20-3.2.24
See also Investigations of conduct; 
Trust accounts and money - Investigations

Investigations of conduct

	actions on completion of
4.4.13-4.4.14
	application of Part 4.4
4.4.1
	Commissioner's annual report regarding
6.3.13
	Commissioner's general duty, power to conduct
4.4.7-4.4.8, 4.4.10
	information, documents provided for
4.4.11
	inter-jurisdictional provisions
4.4.32-4.4.38
	investigating authorities (def.)
4.4.11
	must be conducted expeditiously
4.4.12
	proceedings in VCAT

alternative findings
4.4.20
applications
4.4.13
hearings and determinations
4.4.15-4.4.16
orders 
4.4.16-4.4.19
rehearings
4.4.21-4.4.24
	progress reports
4.4.12
	protection from self-incrimination
4.4.11
	referral to prescribed investigatory bodies
1.2.1, 4.4.9-4.4.10, 4.4.12
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	without complaint
4.4.8
See also Disciplinary action

Investments
3.3.3, 3.6.6
Law firms

	definition
1.2.1
	foreign lawyers as employees, partners of
2.8.7, 2.8.12
	register
6.2.23-6.2.24
	supervised legal practice (def.)
1.2.1
See also External intervention

Law Institute
3.2.9, Sch. 2
See also Professional associations

Law practices

	client access
3.2.3
	definition
1.2.1, 3.5.1
	destruction of documents
7.2.16
	employees as authorised by practising certificates
2.4.3
	financial services, investments provided by
3.3.3, 3.6.6
	investigations of effect on competition
3.2.20-3.2.24
	liability
7.2.11-7.2.12
	overview, introduction to Chapter 3
3.1.1
	permitting, assisting unqualified persons to practise
2.2.10
	professional indemnity insurance
3.5.2, 3.5.5-3.5.7, 6.6.19
	service of notices on
7.2.1


Subject

Section

	sharing of income of legal practice
2.2.9
	sole practitioners (def.)
1.2.1
	supervised legal practice (def.)
1.2.1
See also Associates; Community legal centres; 
External intervention; 
Incorporated legal practices; Law firms; 
Legal costs; Managers; 
Multi-disciplinary partnerships; 
Principals; Trust accounts and money

Lay associates See Associates

Legal aid
6.7.9, 6.7.11A
Legal costs

	application of Part 3.4
3.4.3-3.4.8, 3.4.49
	bills 
3.4.33-3.4.37
	corresponding laws
3.4.8, 3.4.9
	costs agreements

as basis for recovery of costs
3.4.19
conditional costs agreements
3.4.2, 3.4.27-3.4.28
contingency fees prohibited
3.4.29
definition
3.4.2
enforcement
3.4.30
making of
3.4.26
setting aside of
3.4.17, 3.4.32, 3.4.35
uplift fees
3.4.2, 3.4.14, 3.4.28, 3.4.31
void agreements
3.4.31
	costs reviews

appeals
3.4.47
applications
3.4.38-3.4.41
as result of failure to disclose
3.4.17
client's right to
3.4.35
costs of
3.4.45
costs subject to complaints not reviewable
3.4.48
definition
3.4.2
disciplinary, conduct matters arising from
3.4.46
interim bills
3.4.37
matters Taxing Master must have regard to
3.4.44-3.4.44B
notice of
3.4.42
procedure
3.4.43
	definitions
1.2.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.2A, 3.4.32, 3.4.34, 3.4.38
	disclosure

associated third party payers
3.4.18A
exceptions
3.4.12
failure to disclose
3.4.17
form of
3.4.15
general rights, duties, information included
3.4.9, 3.4.11-3.4.14
if another law practice is retained
3.4.10-3.4.11
ongoing obligations
3.4.16
progress reports
3.4.18
Subject

Section

	excessive costs
3.4.46, 4.4.4
	first instructions
3.4.3, 3.4.6
	imputed acts, omissions, knowledge
3.4.50
	interest
3.4.21, 4.3.17, 4.4.19
	litigious matters
3.4.2, 3.4.9, 3.4.13, 3.4.28
	matters with substantial connection to this 	jurisdiction

3.4.7
	practitioner remuneration orders
3.4.2, 3.4.19, 3.4.22-3.4.24, 3.4.44B
	purposes of Part 3.4
3.4.1
	recovery
3.4.19, 3.4.31, 3.4.33, 3.4.36
	recovery by community legal centres
2.9.4
	reduction
3.4.17
	scales of costs
3.4.2, 3.4.19
	security for
3.4.20
	sophisticated clients
3.4.2, 3.4.14, 3.4.27, 3.4.34-3.4.35, 3.4.38, 3.4.48A
	third party payers
3.4.2, 3.4.2A, 3.4.17, 3.4.18A, 3.4.26, 3.4.38, 3.4.44, 3.4.48A
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	VCAT orders
3.4.32, 4.3.17, 4.4.19
	waiver, repayment as ordered by VCAT
4.3.17, 4.4.19
See also Disputes

Legal Costs Committee
3.4.22-3.4.25
Legal practice

	by interstate practitioners
2.4.32-2.4.36
	by lawyers in prison
2.2.11
	entitlement to engage in

Australian practitioners in this jurisdiction
2.4.2
definition of engage in
1.2.1
misrepresentation, false advertising of 
2.2.3
names, titles, descriptions indicating
2.2.4
requirements for, persons not entitled
2.2.2
	legal profession rules
3.2.9-3.2.13
	outline of Chapter 2
2.1.1
	overview, introduction to Chapter 3
3.1.1
	permitting, assisting unqualified persons to engage
2.2.10
	protocols between regulatory authorities
2.4.39
	purposes of Part 2.2
2.2.1
	purposes of Part 2.4
2.4.1
	purposes of Part 3.2
3.2.1



Subject

Section

	supervised legal practice

as condition of practising certificates
2.4.18
as result of findings of misconduct
4.4.19
definition
1.2.1
employment not considered to be
2.8.12
in community legal centres
2.9.2-2.9.3
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	unqualified practice
2.2.2-2.2.4
See also Australian legal practitioners; 
Foreign lawyers; 
Interstate legal practitioners; 
Law practices

Legal practitioner associates See Associates

Legal practitioner directors 
See Incorporated legal practices

Legal practitioner partners 
See Multi-disciplinary partnerships

Legal practitioners 
See Australian legal practitioners; Foreign lawyers;
	 Interstate legal practitioners; Law practices

Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund See Fidelity Fund

Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee

	acting members
6.6.7
	annual report
6.6.14
	chairperson
6.6.4, 6.6.8
	confidentiality
6.6.13
	conflicts of interest
6.6.11
	consultants
6.6.12
	continuation
6.6.1
	Crown not represented by
6.6.2
	functions and powers
6.6.3
	Liability Fund maintained by
6.6.15-6.6.19
	meetings
6.6.8
	members
6.6.4-6.6.6
	professional indemnity insurance taken with
3.5.2, 3.5.5-3.5.6
	resolutions without meetings
6.6.9
	staff
6.6.12
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	validity of acts, decisions
6.6.10
Legal Practitioners' Liability Fund
6.6.15-6.6.19
Legal profession rules

	availability
3.2.19
	binding nature of
3.2.17
	contraventions as unsatisfactory conduct, 	professional misconduct

4.4.4
	evidence
7.2.5
	inconsistencies with Act, regulations
3.2.18
	investigations of effect on competition
3.2.20
	non-compliance with
3.2.17



Subject

Section

	regarding

Australian legal practitioners
3.2.9, 3.2.11-3.2.13
barristers
3.2.6, 3.2.9
chambers
3.2.5
clerks
3.2.4, 3.2.16
client access
3.2.3
co-advocacy
3.2.2
foreign lawyers
2.8.41-2.8.42, 3.2.10-3.2.13
incorporated legal practices
2.7.14, 2.7.17, 3.2.14-3.2.15
inspectors
3.3.50
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.43, 2.7.46, 3.2.14-3.2.15
robing
3.2.7
trust accounts and money
3.3.74
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Legal services

	definition
1.2.1
	provided as result of complaint, orders
4.3.17
Legal Services Board

	annual report
6.2.21
	chairperson
6.2.5-6.2.7, 6.2.14, 6.5.1
	chief executive
6.3.4
	confidentiality of members, staff
6.4.5
	consultants
6.4.2
	Crown not represented by
6.2.2
	delegation
6.2.19-6.2.21
	deputy chairperson
6.2.6, 6.2.14
	establishment
6.2.1
	evidentiary matters
7.2.5
	expenses
6.7.6
	meetings
6.2.14
	members

acting appointments
6.2.11
advocate members (def.)
1.2.1
appointed members
1.2.1, 6.2.5, 6.2.9
conflicts of interest
6.2.15
definition
6.2.16
elected members
1.2.1, 6.2.5, 6.2.8, Sch. 1
immunity
6.2.18
non-advocate members (def.)
1.2.1
payment
6.2.10
vacancies
6.2.11-6.2.13
	objectives
6.2.3
	reports
6.2.21-6.2.22
	resolutions without meetings
6.2.16
	service of notices on
7.2.2


Subject

Section

	staff
6.4.1
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	validity of acts, decisions
6.2.17
Legal Services Board - Powers and functions

	powers, functions in general
6.2.4
	powers, functions regarding

associates
2.2.8
Commissioner
6.3.6-6.3.8
compensation
4.2.16
disqualified persons
2.2.6
external examiners
3.3.51, 3.3.57-3.3.58
external intervention (general)
5.2.2, 5.6.1, 5.6.7, 5.6.10
incorporated legal practices
2.7.12, 2.7.22-2.7.30
injunctions
7.2.13
inspectors
3.3.29-3.3.30, 3.3.50
interstate legal practitioners
2.4.32-2.4.34
investigations in relation to competition
3.2.20-3.2.24
investigations of offences
7.2.6-7.2.9
Legal Costs Committee
3.4.25
legal profession rules
3.2.9-3.2.15, 3.2.19
Liability Committee
6.6.4-6.6.7
managers
5.4.1-5.4.2, 5.4.8
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.50
professional indemnity insurance 
3.5.2-3.5.7
prosecutions
7.2.10
Public Purpose Fund
6.7.1-6.7.14
receivers and regulated property
5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.17, 5.5.14
register
6.2.23-6.2.24
register, publicising of disciplinary action
4.4.26-4.4.30
removal from rolls
2.4.42, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.10A
supervised legal practice
2.4.18
supervisors of trust money
5.3.1, 5.3.7
See also Fidelity Fund; Fidelity Fund - Claims; 
Foreign lawyers;
Local practising certificates;
Trust accounts and money

Legal Services Commissioner

	acting Commissioner
6.3.8
	annual report
6.3.13
	appointment
6.3.5-6.3.6
	as chief executive of Board
6.3.4
	as successor to Legal Ombudsman, RPAs
Sch. 2
	confidentiality
6.4.5
	consultants
6.4.2



Subject

Section

	delegation
6.3.12, 6.3.13
	establishment
6.3.1
	expenses of
6.7.7
	guidelines issued by
6.3.15
	immunity
6.3.11
	mediators appointed by
6.4.3-6.4.5
	objectives
6.3.2
	payment
6.3.7
	powers, functions (general)
6.3.3-6.3.4
	relationship to Board
6.3.4
	reports
6.3.13-6.3.14
	service of notices on
7.2.2
	staff
6.4.1
	vacancies
6.3.9
	validity of acts, decisions
6.3.10
See also Complaints; Investigations of conduct

Levies
See Fidelity Fund; 
 Legal Practitioners' Liability Fund

Liability Committee 
See Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee

Liability Fund 
See Legal Practitioners' Liability Fund

Local lawyers (def.)
1.2.1, 1.2.2
Local legal practitioners

	definition
1.2.1, 1.2.3
	register
6.2.23-6.2.24
	regulation of other businesses carried on by
3.2.8
	service of notices on
7.2.1
Local practising certificates

	amendments to
1.2.1, 2.4.13, 2.4.20-2.4.21, 2.4.24, 2.4.28, 2.4.40
	application of Part 2.4, Division 6
2.4.19
	applications for grant, renewal
2.4.8-2.4.11, 2.4.26, 2.4.40
	cancellation

as result of foreign regulatory action
2.6.10B
as result of misconduct
4.4.17
as result of removal from rolls
2.4.24, 2.6.10, 2.6.10B-2.6.11
as result of surrender of certificate
2.4.30
by request of holder
2.4.24
failure to show cause
2.4.28
grounds for (general)
2.4.20
matters not considered grounds for
2.4.4
notice
2.4.21, 2.4.24
orders for non-cancellation
2.6.11



Subject

Section

	conditions

as result of misconduct
4.4.17
general provisions
2.4.3, 2.4.13-2.4.14
included on register
6.2.23
pending criminal proceedings
2.4.16
regarding conditions on interstate admission
2.4.17
statutory conditions
2.4.17-2.4.18
supervised legal practice
2.8.12, 2.4.18
type of legal practice authorised by
2.4.3
variation, revocation
2.4.16
VCAT orders
2.4.16
	definition
1.2.1
	duration
2.4.5
	eligibility
2.4.8
	evidence
7.2.5
	fee surcharges
2.4.9, 2.4.11
	fees
2.4.9, 2.4.11, 6.7.3, 7.2.17
	Fidelity Fund contributions by applicants, holders
2.4.9, 6.7.26
	form
2.4.3
	further information, documents required
2.4.40
	government lawyers
2.4.41
	grant
2.4.3, 2.4.7, 2.4.12
	health assessments as requirement for
2.5.1-2.5.2, 
2.5.4-2.5.9
	holders as officers of Supreme Court
2.4.6
	matters considered in Board's determinations
2.4.4
	notice to other jurisdictions of certain matters
2.6.5, 2.6.6A
	orders prohibiting applications for certain period
4.4.19
	police checks as requirement for
2.5.1-2.5.3, 2.5.9
	refusal to grant, renew
2.4.4, 2.4.12, 2.4.28-2.4.29, 4.4.17
	renewal
2.4.5, 2.4.7-2.4.12
	restrictions on making of further applications
2.4.29
	return
2.4.31
	review of decisions regarding
2.4.37
	show cause events
1.2.1, 2.4.26-2.4.28
	suitability
2.4.4
	surrender
2.4.9, 2.4.30
	suspension
2.4.20-2.4.23, 2.4.28, 4.4.17
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Local regulatory authorities
7.2.14-7.2.15
Local roll See Rolls

Local trust accounts See Trust accounts and money

Locally registered foreign lawyers 
See Foreign lawyers



Subject

Section

Managed investment schemes

	defaults regarding
3.6.6
	definition
1.2.1
	money held not considered trust money
3.3.3
	not to be conducted by incorporated practices
2.7.5
Managers

	access to accounts
5.6.6
	appeals against appointment of
5.6.4
	appointment
5.2.2, 5.4.1-5.4.3, 5.6.1, 5.6.3
	appointment as disciplinary action
4.4.25
	confidentiality
5.6.9
	death of legal practitioner associates
5.4.7
	decisions of receivers prevail over
5.6.5A
	directions of Supreme Court to
5.6.5
	effect on dealings with trust money, practice
5.4.3
	fees, legal costs, expenses
5.6.7
	persons authorised to carry on practices as
5.5.4
	powers, functions, duties in general
5.4.4-5.4.5
	records, accounts kept by
5.4.6
	reimbursement for damages recovered against
5.6.10
	reports by
5.6.8
	status of acts of
5.6.2
	termination of appointment
5.4.8
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Mediation See Disputes

Misconduct 
See Professional misconduct; 
	 Unsatisfactory professional conduct

Mortgage financing
1.2.1, 3.3.3, 3.6.6
Multi-disciplinary partnerships

	advertising
2.7.47
	conduct
2.7.37
	conflicts of interest
2.7.43
	definition
1.2.1
	disclosure obligations
2.7.44-2.7.45
	disqualified persons 
2.7.49
	foreign lawyers as partners, employees of
2.8.7
	legal practitioner employees of (general duties)
2.7.42, 2.7.52
	legal practitioner partners (general duties)
1.2.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.39-2.7.40, 2.7.42, 2.7.52
	legal profession rules
2.7.43, 2.7.46, 3.2.14-3.2.15
	management of legal services provided by
2.7.39
	nature of
2.7.36
	non-legal practitioner partners
2.7.41
	notice of intention to start
2.7.38
	professional misconduct, unsatisfactory conduct
2.7.40, 2.7.50, 2.7.53



Subject

Section

	prohibited partners
2.7.50
	purposes, application of Part 2.7
2.7.1, 2.7.3
	register
6.2.23
	regulations (general)
2.7.53
	sharing of receipts, revenue, income
2.7.48
	standard of care owed by
2.7.45
	undue influence
2.7.51
Offences

	contraventions as grounds for refusing local 	practising certificates

2.4.4
	contraventions as unsatisfactory conduct, 	professional misconduct

4.4.4
	injunctions
7.2.13
	investigations
7.2.6-7.2.9
	involving dishonesty
4.1.5, 4.4.4
	persons convicted of relevant offences

as associates
2.2.7, 2.2.8
conditions on local practising certificates
2.4.16
definition of relevant offence
2.2.5, 2.4.16
disqualified persons orders in relation to
2.2.6
	persons convicted of serious offences, tax offences

conduct of 
4.1.5, 4.4.4
convictions as show cause events
1.2.1, 2.4.26-2.4.28
definitions of serious offences, tax offences
1.2.1
	prosecutions
7.2.10
	references to findings of guilt
1.2.8
	regarding

approved clerks
3.3.70
conflicts of interest in regulatory bodies
6.2.15, 6.6.11
disclosure of confidential information
2.5.9, 2.5.10, 6.4.5, 6.6.13, 7.2.9, 7.2.15
Fidelity Fund claims
3.6.20
Fidelity Fund levies
6.7.35
foreign lawyers, practice of foreign law
2.8.4, 2.8.38, 2.8.41, 2.8.43
incorporated legal practices
2.7.7-2.7.9, 2.7.12, 2.7.15,  2.7.21, 2.7.23, 2.7.24, 2.7.35
inspectors
3.3.30, 3.3.45, 3.3.49
interstate legal practitioners
2.4.34
legal costs agreements
3.4.28-3.4.29
local practising certificates
2.4.9, 2.4.13, 2.4.31, 2.6.6A
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.38, 2.7.44, 2.7.51
notice of foreign regulatory action
2.6.7
notice of removal from interstate, foreign roll
2.6.6-2.6.7



Subject

Section

practices under external intervention and regulated property
5.3.3, 5.4.3, 5.5.3, 5.5.7, 5.5.9, 5.5.15
practise by lawyers in prison
2.2.11
register
6.2.24
sharing of income of legal practice
2.2.9
trust accounts and money
3.3.11-3.3.26, 3.3.52-3.3.55, 3.3.61, 3.3.71-3.3.72
unqualified persons
2.2.10
unqualified practice
2.2.2-2.2.3
Partnerships
See Law firms; Multi-disciplinary partnerships

Personal representatives

	of persons with infirmity, illness
4.4.30
	powers, duties regarding

managers
5.4.7
receivers
5.5.16
trust money, accounts
3.3.55
	sharing of income of practices, practitioners with
2.2.9
Police
5.5.6, 7.2.10
Police reports

	as requirement for admission
2.3.12
	as requirement for practising certificates
2.5.1-2.5.3
	confidentiality
2.5.9
	disclosure to health assessors
2.5.5
Practical legal training See Training

Practising certificates
See Australian practising certificates;
 Interstate practising certificates;
 Local practising certificates

Practitioner remuneration orders See Legal costs

Principals

	as authorised by local practising certificates
2.4.3
	as legal practitioner directors
2.7.12
	as managers
5.4.1
	as persons authorised to carry on practices
5.5.4
	as receivers
5.5.1, 5.5.4
	as supervisors of trust money
5.3.1
	definition
1.2.1, 1.2.4
	duties regarding legal costs
3.4.12
	duties regarding trust money
3.3.9, 3.3.64, 3.3.71
	foreign lawyers as
2.8.9
	in community legal centres 
2.9.2
	liability
7.2.12
	sharing of income of practice
2.2.9
Professional associations

	consultation by Board with
3.2.12, 6.2.11
	definition
1.2.1
	foreign lawyers as members
2.8.50
	payments out of Public Purpose Fund to
6.7.14


Subject

Section

	powers, duties, functions regarding

chambers
3.2.5
clerks
3.2.4
Council members
6.5.1
fees for practising certificates
7.2.17
Fidelity Fund contributions, levies
6.7.25, 6.7.31
Legal Costs Committee members
3.4.25
practitioner remuneration orders
3.4.23
robing
3.2.7
See also Law Institute; Victorian Bar

Professional indemnity insurance

	as requirement for

barristers
3.5.2
community legal centres
3.5.4
foreign lawyers
2.8.23, 3.5.3
interstate practitioners
2.4.34
law practices
3.5.2
local practising certificates
2.4.4, 2.4.9, 2.4.20
	contracts, arrangements with Liability Committee
3.5.2, 3.5.5-3.5.6
	exemptions
3.5.7
See also Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee

Professional misconduct

	conduct constituting, capable of constituting
4.4.4, 4.4.6
	definition
1.2.1, 4.4.3
	findings of
4.4.13, 4.4.16, 4.4.20
	regarding

associates
2.2.7
Australian lawyers not practising
2.2.12
foreign lawyers
2.8.8
incorporated legal practices
2.7.11, 2.7.21, 2.7.24, 2.7.53
legal costs
3.4.12, 3.4.17, 3.4.32, 3.4.46
local practising certificates
2.4.8
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.40, 2.7.50, 2.7.53
non-compliance with legal profession rules
3.2.17
principals
3.3.64, 3.4.12, 7.2.12
required deposit amounts
3.3.64
See also Complaints; Disciplinary action;
Investigations of conduct

Prosecutions
7.2.10
Prothonotary
2.3.7, 2.6.4, 2.6.6, 2.6.6A, 2.6.9
Public Purpose Fund

	Distribution Account
6.7.2, 6.7.5
	General Account
6.7.2-6.7.3
	maintenance
6.7.1
	payment of interest on trust accounts into
3.3.59
	payment of trust money deposited with Board to
3.3.64

Subject

Section

	payments out of for, to

expenses of regulatory bodies, VCAT
6.7.6-6.7.8
external interveners
5.6.7, 5.6.10
Fidelity Fund 
6.7.13, 6.7.17
law-related services, activities
6.7.10-6.7.11
legal aid funding 
6.7.9, 6.7.11A
professional associations
6.7.14
	Statutory Deposit Account
6.7.2, 6.7.4
	timing of payments, instalments
6.7.12
	transfers of money from Fidelity Fund to
6.7.3, 6.7.21
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Qualifications
2.3.2, 2.3.12
Receivers

	access to accounts
5.6.6
	access to information, documents
5.5.9
	appeals against appointment of
5.6.4
	appointment

applications by Board for
5.2.2
as disciplinary action
4.4.25
conditions
5.6.1
effect on dealings with trust money, practice
5.5.3
instruments of
5.1.2, 5.5.1
making of by Supreme Court
5.5.1
notice of
5.5.2
termination
5.5.17
	confidentiality
5.6.9
	death of legal practitioner associates
5.5.16
	decisions prevail over managers
5.6.5A
	directions of Supreme Court to
5.6.5
	eligibility for reappointment
5.6.3
	fees, legal costs, expenses
5.6.7
	incorporated legal practices subject to
2.7.29-2.7.30
	powers, functions, duties in general
5.5.4
	records, accounts to be kept by
5.5.5
	recovery of money paid away in bets by
5.5.13
	regulated property handled by

definition
5.1.2
destruction, concealment, removal
5.5.15
examinations by Court regarding
5.5.10
liens for costs on
5.5.11
not to be attached
5.5.12
receivers' powers to deal with
5.5.8
recovery if transferred in breach of trust
5.5.14
seizure
5.5.6
taking of delivery, possession by receivers
5.5.6-5.5.7
transfer, delivery 
5.5.17
	reimbursement for damages recovered against
5.6.10
	reports
5.6.8
	status of acts of
5.6.2
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
Register
6.2.23-6.2.24, 7.2.5
Regulated property See Receivers

Subject

Section

Regulations

	contraventions as unsatisfactory conduct, 	professional misconduct

4.4.4
	general power to make, matters provided for
7.2.17
	regarding

community legal centres
2.9.5
defaults and Fidelity Fund claims, payments
3.6.26, 3.6.32, 3.6.42-3.6.43
foreign lawyers
2.8.8, 2.8.13-2.8.14
incorporated legal practices, corporations
2.7.4-2.7.5, 2.7.9, 2.7.15, 2.7.24-2.7.25, 2.7.34, 2.7.53, 3.2.15
legal costs
3.4.7, 3.4.9, 3.4.21, 3.4.35
legal practice
2.2.2
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.37, 2.7.44, 2.7.50, 2.7.53, 3.2.15
names, titles, descriptions used in practice
2.2.4
other businesses of legal practitioners
3.2.8
trust accounts and money
3.3.11, 3.3.75
	savings and transitional provisions in
Sch. 2
Regulatory authorities

	definition
1.2.1
	exchange of information between
7.2.14-7.2.15
	outline of Chapter 6
6.1.2
	protocols 
2.4.39
	purpose of Chapter 6
6.1.1
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
See also Board of Examiners; 
Council of Legal Education; 
Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee; 
Legal Services Board; 
Legal Services Commissioner

Retired Australian legal practitioners
2.2.29
Review

	by VCAT of decisions regarding

costs of investigations of trust money
3.3.48
health assessments
2.5.4
interstate practitioners
2.4.38
local practising certificates
2.4.37, 2.6.10B
registration of foreign lawyers
2.8.51
See also Legal costs

Robing
3.2.7
Rolls

	Australian roll (def.)
1.2.1
	foreign roll (def.)
1.2.1
	interstate roll (def.)
1.2.1
	keeping of
2.3.7
	local roll (def.)
1.2.1
	notice to other, local authorities of certain matters
2.6.4, 2.6.6-2.6.8
Subject

Section

	orders that name not be removed
2.6.11
	removal as disciplinary action
4.4.17-4.4.18, 4.4.25, 4.4.37
	removal from foreign roll
2.6.7-2.6.8
	removal from interstate roll
2.6.6, 2.6.8-2.6.10, 2.6.11, 4.4.18
	removal from local roll
2.4.24, 2.4.42 2.6.4, 2.6.6A, 2.6.9, 2.6.10A, 2.6.11
	restoration of name to
2.6.9
	show cause procedure for removal
2.4.42, 2.6.10A
	signing of
2.3.7-2.3.8
See also Disqualified persons

Rules See Admission; Legal profession rules

Search and entry powers
3.3.35-3.3.39, 5.5.6
Seizure

	inspectors' powers
3.3.35-3.3.37, 3.3.40-3.3.42
	regulated property
5.5.6
Service of notices
7.2.1-7.2.4
Show cause events

	definition
1.2.1
	in relation to foreign lawyers
2.8.30-2.8.32
	in relation to local practising certificates
2.4.26-2.4.28
Sole practitioners See Law practices

Suitability matters

	consideration in relation to 

admission
2.3.3
conduct
4.4.3
local practising certificates
2.4.4
	definition
1.2.1, 1.2.6
Suitability reports
2.5.2, 2.5.9
Supervised legal practice See Legal practice

Supervising legal practitioners 
See Community legal centres

Supervisors of trust money

	access to accounts
5.6.6
	appeals against appointment of
5.6.4
	appointment
5.2.2, 5.3.1-5.3.3, 5.6.1, 5.6.3
	confidentiality
5.6.9
	directions of Supreme Court to
5.6.5
	effect of appointment on dealings in trust money
5.3.3
	fees, legal costs, expenses
5.6.7
	powers and duties 
5.3.4-5.3.5
	records of dealings with trust money
5.3.6
	reimbursement for damages recovered against
5.6.10
	reports by
5.6.8
	status of acts of
5.6.2
	termination of appointment
5.3.7

Subject

Section

Supreme Court

	admitted persons as officers of
2.3.9
	contempt of
2.2.10-2.2.11, 7.2.10
	holders of local practising certificates as officers of
2.4.6
	interstate practitioners as officers of
2.4.36
	judges as chairpersons of Board
6.2.7
	judges, Chief Justice as members of Council 
6.5.1, 6.5.3-6.5.4, 6.5.7
	judges, Chief Justice as members of Legal Costs 	Committee

3.4.25
	powers, jurisdiction, orders regarding

admission
2.3.4, 2.3.6, 2.3.10-2.3.11, 2.4.4
approval of associates
2.2.8
control, discipline of local lawyers
4.4.39
costs reviews
3.4.45, 3.4.47
external interveners
5.6.4-5.6.5
Fidelity Fund claims
3.6.8, 3.6.10
foreign lawyers
2.8.27, 2.8.48
incorporated legal practices
2.7.24-2.7.25, 2.7.29-2.7.30
injunctions
7.2.13
local practising certificates
2.4.3, 2.6.11
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.50
receivers and regulated property
5.2.2, 5.5.1, 5.5.4, 5.5.6, 5.5.10, 5.5.17, 5.6.1
roll
2.3.7, 2.4.42, 2.6.10A, 2.6.11, 4.4.17, 4.4.37
Taxing Master

	costs reviews by
3.4.17, 3.4.38-3.4.48
	definition
3.4.2
Training

	practical legal training (def.)
1.2.1
	required for admission
2.3.2, 2.3.12
Transitional provisions
8.2.1, Sch. 2
Tribunal 
See Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Trust accounts and money

	accounts

Australian trust accounts (def.)
1.2.1
closure
3.3.12
deficiencies
2.4.9, 3.3.21-3.3.24, 3.3.61
definition
3.3.2
establishment
3.3.12
general trust accounts
3.3.2, 3.3.11-3.3.14, 3.3.14A, 3.3.20

Subject

Section

interstate trust accounts (def.)
1.2.1
kept by ADIs
3.3.2, 3.3.59-3.3.61
notice to Board of`
3.3.12
reports 
3.3.27, 3.3.61
	application of Part 3.3
2.8.13, 3.3.5, 3.3.10, 3.3.73
	approved clerks
3.2.16, 3.3.2, 3.3.17A, 3.3.70, 6.7.29
	as payment for legal costs
3.3.20
	controlled money, accounts
3.3.2, 3.3.11, 3.3.13, 3.3.15, 3.13.15A, 3.3.17A, 3.3.20, 3.3.67
	dealings with 
3.3.17, 3.3.17A, 3.3.20
	definitions
1.2.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.13, 3.3.17A, 3.3.21
	deposits with Board
3.3.64-3.3.69, 6.7.4
	determinations as to status of money held
3.3.4
	disbursements
3.3.14, 3.3.14A
	discharge of obligations regarding
3.3.8-3.3.9
	external examinations, examiners

annual examination of trust records
3.3.52
annual report of
3.3.54
approved external examiners
1.2.1, 3.3.51
Board's supervisory role
3.3.57
courses of education for examiners
3.3.58
definition
3.3.2
disclosure of information
3.3.56
examination of affairs of law practice
3.3.53
final examination
3.3.55
production of information, documents for
3.3.52, 3.3.61
	failure to pay, deliver
3.3.21
	holding of
3.3.14
	intermixing with other money
3.3.19
	irregularities in
3.3.22-3.3.24
	legal profession rules
3.3.74
	money not considered to be
3.3.3
	protection
3.3.18
	protocols with corresponding authorities
3.3.6
	purposes of Part 3.3
3.3.1
	receipt of money

as authorised by practising certificates
2.4.3, 2.4.9, 3.3.71
as cash
3.3.17A
by barristers
3.3.71
by incorporated legal practices
3.3.71, 3.3.73
by interstate legal practitioners
2.4.34, 3.3.72
by multi-disciplinary partnerships
3.3.73
by principals, associates of law practices
3.3.71
cessation of authorisation
3.3.55
Subject

Section

jurisdiction where received
3.3.5-3.3.6
names under which recorded
3.3.26
restrictions on
3.3.71-3.3.72
time when received
3.3.7
	records
3.3.2, 3.3.25
	regulations
3.3.11, 3.3.75
	required deposit amount
3.3.62-3.3.69
	statutory declarations if no money held
3.3.54
	transit money
3.3.2, 3.3.11, 3.3.13, 3.3.16, 3.3.17A
	transitional provisions
Sch. 2
	trust property (def.)
1.2.1
	unclaimed money
3.3.20
	written directions regarding treatment of
3.3.13, 3.3.15
See also Defaults; External intervention; 
Fidelity Fund; Receivers; Supervisors of trust money; Trust accounts and money - Investigations

Trust accounts and money - Investigations

	application of privileges
3.3.46
	appointment of inspectors for
3.3.29-3.3.30, 3.3.50
	costs
3.3.48
	disclosure of information regarding
3.3.49
	grounds, time for
3.3.28
	non-compliance with inspectors
3.3.45
	production of information, documents
3.3.34, 3.3.43-3.3.44, 3.3.46
	production of records
3.3.31
	questioning of associates, clerks
3.3.32-3.3.33
	reports
3.3.47
	search and entry powers
3.3.35-3.3.39
	seizure powers
3.3.35-3.3.37, 3.3.40-3.3.42
Undertakings
4.4.6
Unsatisfactory professional conduct

	conduct constituting, capable of constituting
4.4.4, 4.4.5
	definition
1.2.1, 4.4.2
	findings of
4.4.13, 4.4.16, 4.4.20
	regarding

associates
2.2.7
Australian lawyers not practising
2.2.12
foreign lawyers
2.8.8
incorporated legal practices
2.7.11, 2.7.21, 2.7.24, 2.7.53
legal costs
3.4.12, 3.4.17, 3.4.32, 3.4.46
local practising certificates
2.4.8
multi-disciplinary partnerships
2.7.40, 2.7.50, 2.7.53


Subject

Section

non-compliance with legal profession rules
3.2.17
principals
3.3.64, 3.4.12, 7.2.12
required deposit amounts
3.3.64
See also Complaints; Disciplinary action; 
Investigations of conduct

VCAT 
See Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Victorian Bar

	approval of clerks to receive trust money
3.3.70
	as prescribed investigatory body
Sch. 2
	definition
1.2.1
	legal profession rules made by
3.2.9, 3.2.16
See also Professional associations

Victorian Bar Council
3.5.2
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

	as successor to Legal Profession Tribunal
Sch. 2
	contraventions of orders
2.4.4
	expenses of
6.7.8
	no fees payable
4.2.13
	powers, jurisdiction, orders regarding

conditions on practising certificates
2.4.16, 2.4.18
disciplinary actions against persons with infirmity, illness

4.4.30
disputes
4.3.15-4.3.17
disqualified persons
2.2.6
legal costs 
3.4.32, 4.3.17, 4.4.19
professional misconduct, unsatisfactory conduct
4.4.13, 4.4.15-4.4.24
	review powers regarding

costs of investigations of trust money
3.3.48
health assessments
2.5.4
interstate practitioners
2.4.38
local practising certificates
2.4.37
registration of foreign lawyers
2.8.51
Winding up See External intervention

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Part 1.2-Interpretation


Legal Profession Act 2004
No. 99 of 2004