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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 44

Delegation

S. 44(1) amended by No. 38/2017 s. 53(1).

    (1)     The Victorian Legal Services Board, by instrument, may delegate to any of the following persons any function of the Victorian Legal Services Board, other than the functions specified in subsections (1A) and (2)—

        (a)     a member of the Victorian Legal Services Board;

        (b)     an employee referred to in section 59(1);

        (c)     the Victorian Commissioner;

        (d)     a local professional association;

        (e)     a person who is, or who is a member of a class that is, prescribed by the regulations.

S. 44(1A) inserted by No. 38/2017 s. 53(2).

    (1A)     The Victorian Legal Services Board, by instrument, may delegate to the Victorian Bar the function of approving, under section 88(1), a natural person to receive trust money as described in that provision.

    (2)     The following functions or powers of the Victorian Legal Services Board cannot be delegated under this section—

        (a)     controlling and administering funds under this Act;

        (b)     making an arrangement with an ADI under section 87;

S. 44(2)(ba) inserted by No. 38/2017 s. 53(3).

        (ba)     suspending or revoking, under section 88A, an approval under section 88(1) ;

        (c)     setting contributions and levies for the fidelity fund under Division 3 of Part 4.5 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria) or Division 2 of Part 8 of this Act;

        (d)     approving professional indemnity insurance requirements under Part 4.4 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria), except insofar as they relate to—

              (i)     approving the terms and conditions of professional indemnity insurance policies for—

    (A)     community legal services; or

    (B)     Australian legal practitioners who are engaged in practice for or on behalf of a community legal service; or

    (C)     corporate legal practitioners or government legal practitioners who provide legal services on a pro bono basis (other than as a volunteer at a community legal service); or

    (D)     Australian-registered foreign lawyers.

              (ii)     exempting Australian legal practitioners from the requirement to obtain an approved insurance policy from, or maintain an approved insurance policy with, the Liability Committee;

        (e)     any function under Chapter 6 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria);

S. 44(2)(f) repealed by No. 10/2022 s. 43.

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        (g)     nominating members to the Legal Costs Committee under section 92 and consulting that Committee regarding the making of practitioner remuneration orders;

        (h)     any function relating to appointments to the Victorian Legal Admissions Board;

S. 44(2)(i) amended by No. 38/2017 s. 53(4).

              (i)     the power of delegation under subsection (1) or (1A).

    (3)     The Victorian Legal Services Board must keep a register of delegations containing details of each function delegated and the name, office or position of the person or class of person to whom it has been delegated.

    (4)     At least once every 12 months the Victorian Legal Services Board must perform an audit of its delegations under this section to determine whether each delegation is still appropriate.



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