Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Profession Act 2004 - SECT 2.7.7.

2.7.7. Notice of intention to start providing legal services

(1) Before a corporation starts to engage in legal practice in this
jurisdiction, the corporation must give the Board written notice, in the form
approved by the Board, of its intention to do so.

(2) A corporation must not engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction if it
is in default of this section.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(3) A corporation that starts to engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction
without giving notice under subsection (1) is in default of this section until
it gives the Board written notice, in the form approved by the Board, of its
failure to comply with that subsection and the fact that it has started to
engage in legal practice.

(4) The giving of a notice under subsection (3) does not affect a
corporation's liability under subsection (1) or (2).

(5) This section does not apply to a corporation referred to in section
2.7.4(2)(a).