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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 236

When money is received

(1)  For the purposes of this Act, a law practice receives money when –
(a) the practice obtains possession or control of it directly; or
(b) the practice obtains possession or control of it indirectly as a result of its delivery to an associate of the practice; or
(c) the practice, or an associate of the practice (otherwise than in a private and personal capacity), is given a power to deal with the money for or on behalf of another person.
(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a law practice or associate is taken to have received money if the money is available to the practice or associate by means of an instrument or other way of authorising an ADI to credit or debit an amount to an account with the ADI, including, for example, an electronic funds transfer, credit card transaction or telegraphic transfer.



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