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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 579

Appointment of manager

    (1)     This section applies if the Law Society decides to appoint a manager for a law practice.

    (2)     The Society may, by instrument in writing, appoint a person as manager.

    (3)     The appointee must be an Australian legal practitioner who holds an unrestricted practising certificate, and may (but need not) be an employee of the Society.

    (4)     The instrument of appointment must:

        (a)     identify the law practice and the manager; and

        (b)     indicate that the external intervention is by way of appointment of a manager; and

        (c)     specify the term of the appointment; and

        (d)     specify any conditions imposed by the Society when the appointment is made; and

        (e)     specify any fees payable by way of remuneration to the manager specifically for carrying out the manager's duties in relation to the external intervention; and

        (f)     provide for the legal costs and the expenses that may be incurred by the manager in relation to the external intervention.

    (5)     The instrument of appointment may specify any reporting requirements to be observed by the manager.



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