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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 99

Definitions—pt 2.6

    (1)     In this Act:

"legal practitioner director", of an incorporated legal practice, means a director of the legal practice who is an Australian legal practitioner holding an unrestricted practising certificate.

"legal practitioner partner", of a multidisciplinary partnership, means a partner of the partnership who is an Australian legal practitioner holding an unrestricted practising certificate.

    (2)     In this part:

"corporation" means—

        (a)     a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act

; or

        (b)     any other corporation prescribed by regulation.

"director"—

        (a)     of a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act

—means a director as defined in that Act, section 9; or

        (b)     of any other corporation prescribed by regulation—means a person prescribed by regulation.

"officer"—

        (a)     of a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act

—means an officer as defined in that Act, section 9; or

        (b)     of any other corporation prescribed by regulation—means a person prescribed by regulation.

"professional obligations", of an Australian legal practitioner, include—

        (a)     duties to the Supreme Court; and

        (b)     obligations in relation to conflicts of interest; and

        (c)     duties to clients, including disclosure; and

        (d)     ethical rules required to be observed by the practitioner.



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