(1) Without limitation, conduct of a lawyer involving contravention of the local regulations or the costs assessment rules is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct, whether or not the lawyer has been convicted of an offence in relation to the contravention.
(2) In this section,
"lawyer" has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 5 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) when used alone (see section 261 of that Law).