Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
- (S.R. 2018, NO. 66)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Class of relationships for purposes of section 7 of Act
5. Default determination of associate's home jurisdiction
PART 2 - General Requirements for Engaging in Legal Practice
Division 1 - Reservation of legal work and legal titles
6. Prohibition on engaging in legal practice when not entitled
7. Presumptions about taking or using name, title or description
Division 2 - Legal practice: Australian legal practitioners
8. Completion of periods of supervised legal practice
9. Register of local practising certificates
10. Australian Government Solicitor
11. Practising certificate applications
Division 3 - Incorporated legal practices and multi-disciplinary
partnerships
12. Prohibition on conduct of managed investment scheme by incorporated
legal practice
13. Notice of termination of provision of legal services
14. Disqualifications and prohibitions
Division 4 - Legal practice: foreign lawyers
15. Scope of practice
16. Trust money and trust accounts
17. Guarantee Fund
18. Locally registered foreign lawyers not covered by Guarantee Fund
19. Register of locally registered foreign lawyers
PART 3 - Trust Money and Trust Accounts
20. Interpretation
21. Conditions on approval of ADIs
22. Application of regulations 23, 24, 25 and 26
23. Copies of trust records to be printed
24. Chronological record of information to be made
25. Requirements regarding computer accounting systems
26. Back-ups
27. Establishment of general trust account
28. Receipting of trust money
29. Deposit records for trust money
30. Direction for non-deposit of trust money in general trust account
31. Payment by cheque
32. Payment by electronic funds transfer
33. Recording transactions in trust account cash books
34. Trust account receipts cash book
35. Trust account payments cash book
36. Recording transaction in trust ledger accounts
37. Journal transfers
38. Reconciliation of trust records
39. Trust ledger account in name of law practice or legal practitioner
associate
40. Notification requirements regarding general trust accounts
41. Interstate legal practitioner becoming authorised to withdraw from
local trust account: notification
42. Maintenance of controlled money accounts
43. Receipt of controlled money
44. Deposit of controlled money
45. Withdrawal of controlled money must be authorised
46. Register of controlled money
47. Information to be recorded about transit money
48. Trust account statements
49. Trust account statements for sophisticated clients
50. Register of investments
51. Trust money subject to specific powers
52. Register of powers and estates in relation to trust money
53. Withdrawing trust money for legal costs
54. Deficiencies in trust accounts
55. Keeping of trust records
56. Keeping other records and information
57. Statements regarding receipt or holding of trust money
58. Requirement for external examinations
59. Prescribed form for law practice ceasing to be authorised to receive
trust money or engage in legal practice
60. External examination of trust records
61. Law practice closing down, closing office or ceasing to receive or
hold trust money
62. Exemptions
PART 4 - Costs Disclosure and Assessment
63. When does a matter have a substantial connection with this
jurisdiction?
64. Disclosure of costs to clients – form
65. Exceptions to requirement for disclosure
66. Rate of interest on unpaid legal costs
67. Notification of client's rights – form
PART 5 - Guarantee Fund
68. Protocols
69. Prescribed amount for purposes of section 361 of Act
PART 6 - Complaints and Discipline
70. Register of Disciplinary Action
PART 7 - Miscellaneous
71. Law libraries
72. Prescribed fee for purposes of section 322(1)(c) of Act
73. Legislation rescinded
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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