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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 111

Definitions

In this Part –
corporation means –
(a) a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or
(b) any other body corporate, or body corporate of a kind, prescribed by the regulations;
director means –
(a) in relation to a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, a director as defined in section 9 of that Act; or
(b) in relation to any other body corporate, or body corporate of a kind, prescribed by the regulations, a person specified or described in the regulations;
legal practitioner director means a director of an incorporated legal practice who is an Australian legal practitioner holding an unrestricted practising certificate;
legal practitioner partner means a partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership who is an Australian legal practitioner holding an unrestricted practising certificate;
officer means –
(a) in relation to a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, an officer as defined in section 9 of that Act; or
(b) in relation to any other body corporate, or body corporate of a kind prescribed by the regulations, a person specified or described in the regulations;
professional obligations of an Australian legal practitioner includes –
(a) duties to the Supreme Court; and
(b) obligations in connection with conflicts of interest; and
(c) duties to clients, including disclosure; and
(d) ethical rules required to be observed by the practitioner;
related body corporate means –
(a) in relation to a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, a related body corporate within the meaning of section 50 of that Act; or
(b) in relation to any other body corporate, or body corporate of a kind, prescribed by the regulations, a person specified or described in the regulations.
Division 2 - Incorporated legal practices



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