Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2010

i Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 107/2010 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Principal Regulations 2 4 New regulation 38 inserted 2 38 Infringement offences and infringement penalties 2 5 New Schedule 3 inserted 2 SCHEDULE 3—Infringement Offences and Infringement Penalties 3 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 4 -- 1 of 5 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2010 S.R. No. 107/2010 Conveyancers Act 2006 Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2010 The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy with the advice of the Executive Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 12 October 2010 Responsible Minister: TONY ROBINSON Minister for Consumer Affairs MATTHEW McBEATH Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Regulations 2008 to prescribe infringement offences and penalties for the purposes of the Conveyancers Act 2006. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 188 of the Conveyancers Act 2006. -- 2 of 5 -- S.R. No. 107/2010 Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2010 2 3 Principal Regulations In these Regulations the Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Regulations 20081 are called the Principal Regulations. 4 New regulation 38 inserted After regulation 37 of the Principal Regulations insert— "38 Infringement offences and infringement penalties (1) For the purposes of section 175(1) of the Act, an offence against a provision of the Act set out in column 1 of Schedule 3 is a prescribed offence in respect of which an infringement notice may be issued. (2) For the purposes of section 175(3) of the Act, the prescribed infringement penalty for an offence against a provision set out in column 1 of Schedule 3 is the relevant amount expressed in penalty units set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 in respect of that offence.". 5 New Schedule 3 inserted After Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations insert— r. 3 -- 3 of 5 -- S.R. No. 107/2010 Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2010 3 "__________________ SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 38 INFRINGEMENT OFFENCES AND INFRINGEMENT PENALTIES Column 1 Infringement offence Column 2 Infringement penalty section 16(1) 6 penalty units section 23(3) 2·5 penalty units section 34(7) 6 penalty units section 54(1) 6 penalty units section 58(2) 6 penalty units section 59(1) 6 penalty units section 59(2) 6 penalty units section 59(3) 6 penalty units section 60(1) 6 penalty units section 60(2) 6 penalty units section 61 6 penalty units section 66(2) 12 penalty units section 67(3) 12 penalty units section 69(3) 12 penalty units section 71(4) 12 penalty units section 73(2) 12 penalty units section 80(1) 12 penalty units section 153(1) 6 penalty units section 153(2) 6 penalty units section 153(3) 6 penalty units ". ═══════════════ r. 5 -- 4 of 5 -- S.R. No. 107/2010 Conveyancers (Professional Conduct and Trust Account and General) Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2010 4 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 49/2008 as amended by S.R. No. 46/2010. Endnotes -- 5 of 5 --