Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Profession Act 2004 - SECT 2.2.12.

Professional discipline

2.2.12. Professional discipline



(1) A contravention of this Part by an Australian lawyer who is not an
Australian legal practitioner is capable of constituting unsatisfactory
professional conduct or professional misconduct.

(2) Nothing in this Part affects any liability that a person who is an
Australian lawyer but not an Australian legal practitioner may have under
Chapter 4, and the person may be punished for an offence under this Part as
well as being dealt with under Chapter 4 in relation to the same matter.

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