95—Application of certain revenues
(1) Subject to
subsection (1aa), the Treasurer must in each year pay to the Society,
from the money paid by way of practising certificate fees, fees paid by
corporations under Schedule 1 clauses 4(1) and 5(2) and the fees
paid by interstate practitioners on giving notice of the establishment of an
office in this State—
(a) an
amount approved by the Attorney-General towards the Society's costs in
exercising any powers or functions delegated to the Society under this Act;
and
(b)
after deduction of the amount described in paragraph (a)—
(i)
a prescribed proportion of the balance for the purpose of
maintaining and improving the library of the Society;
(ii)
a prescribed proportion of the balance to be credited by
the Society to the Fidelity Fund.
(1aa) If the Society
collects practising certificate fees pursuant to an assignment of functions by
the Supreme Court, the Society may retain a proportion of those fees approved
by the Attorney-General for the purposes specified in subsection (1).
(1a) The revenue
raised from practising certificate levies will be applied for the purpose of
maintaining and improving the Supreme Court library.
(2) The Treasurer may,
on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, make payments towards—
(a)
meeting any expenses incurred by LPEAC in exercising its functions and powers
under this Act; and
(b)
defraying the costs of administering Part 6.
(3) This section is,
without further appropriation, sufficient authority for the payment of the
money to which it relates from the Consolidated Account.