Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees) (Interim) Regulations 2007
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Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees)
(Interim) Regulations 2007
S.R. No. 3/2007
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 1
4 Application of regulations 2
5 Practising certificate fees 2
6 Expiry 2
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STATUTORY RULES 2007
S.R. No. 3/2007
Legal Profession Act 2004
Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees)
(Interim) Regulations 2007
The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the
Legal Services Board, makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 13 February 2007
Responsible Minister:
ROB HULLS
Attorney-General
RUTH LEACH
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
remainder of the 2006/2007 financial year and the
2007/2008 financial year.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section
7.2.17(2)(b) of the Legal Profession Act 2004.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
28 February 2007.
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4 Application of regulations
These Regulations apply to local practising
certificates for the remainder of the financial year
that commenced on 1 July 2006 and for all or part
of the financial year commencing on 1 July 2007.
5 Practising certificate fees
The prescribed fee for a local practising certificate
is—
(a) for a practising certificate authorising the
receipt of trust money, $320;
(b) for a practising certificate not authorising the
receipt of trust money—
(i) if the applicant is an Australian legal
practitioner, $200;
(ii) if the applicant is not an Australian
legal practitioner, $160;
(c) for a practising certificate in force for part of
the financial year only, an amount that bears
the same proportion to the relevant fee in
paragraph (a) or (b) as the period the
certificate is in force bears to the whole
financial year, rounded to the nearest dollar.
6 Expiry
These Regulations expire on 27 December 2007.
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