Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees) Regulations 2012

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees) Regulations 2012 S.R. No. 19/2012 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Practising certificate fees from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2017 1 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 3 -- 1 of 4 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2012 S.R. No. 19/2012 Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees) Regulations 2012 The Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Legal Services Board makes the following Regulations: Dated: 14 March 2012 Responsible Minister: ROBERT CLARK Attorney-General MATTHEW McBEATH Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe fees to be paid for local practising certificates under the Legal Profession Act 2004 for the 2012–2013 to 2016–2017 financial years. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 7.2.17(2)(b) of the Legal Profession Act 2004. 3 Practising certificate fees from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2017 (1) The prescribed fee for a local practising certificate for each of the financial years beginning 1 July 2012, 1 July 2013, 1 July 2014, 1 July 2015 and 1 July 2016 is— -- 2 of 4 -- S.R. No. 19/2012 Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees) Regulations 2012 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (a) for a practising certificate authorising the receipt of trust money, 36·50 fee units; (b) for a practising certificate not authorising the receipt of trust money, 24·71 fee units. (2) Despite subregulation (1), if a local practising certificate is only to be in force for part of a financial year specified in that subregulation, the fee for that practising certificate is— (a) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 2 July and 30 September—the relevant prescribed fee; (b) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 1 October and 31 December—75% of the relevant prescribed fee; (c) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 1 January and 31 March—50% of the relevant prescribed fee; (d) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 1 April and 30 June— 25% of the relevant prescribed fee. (3) A fee under subregulation (2) must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar. ═══════════════ r. 3 -- 3 of 4 -- S.R. No. 19/2012 Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees) Regulations 2012 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ENDNOTES Fee Units These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit. The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2011 is $12.22. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents. The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year. Endnotes -- 4 of 4 --