Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 747

747 Requirements for law practice certificates apply to conduct on commencement

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, a law practice was retained by a claimant to act in relation to the claimant’s claim; and

(b) on the commencement, the claim has not been settled, decided by a court or otherwise concluded.

(2) Despite section 325F, a law practice certificate for the claim that the supervising principal of the law practice is required to complete and give to a person under chapter 6B, part 2 must state the matters in section 325F(2), (3) and (4) only in relation to conduct after the commencement.

(3) Section 325M applies to a referral of a client to a new practice as mentioned in section 325M(1)(b) made after the commencement, even if the agreement for the sale of the current practice was entered into before the commencement.

(4) In this section—

"claim" see section 325E.