LEGAL PRACTICE ACT 2003 (NO. 64 OF 2003) - SECT 53

LEGAL PRACTICE ACT 2003 (NO. 64 OF 2003) - SECT 53

53 .         Absence of legal practitioner director

        (1)         An incorporated legal practice commits an offence if the incorporated legal practice does not have a legal practitioner director for a period exceeding 7 days.

        Penalty: $25 000.

        (2)         If an incorporated legal practice ceases to have a legal practitioner director, the incorporated legal practice must notify the Board.

        Penalty: $10 000.

        (3)         The Board may, if it thinks it appropriate, appoint a certificated practitioner who is an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice or another person nominated by the Board, in the absence of a legal practitioner director, to exercise the functions conferred on a legal practitioner director under this Division.

        (4)         The appointment under this section of a person to exercise the functions of a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice does not, for any other purpose, confer on the person any of the other functions of a director of the incorporated legal practice.