Northern Territory Numbered Regulations Northern Territory Numbered RegulationsThe Legal Practitioners Regulations are amended by omitting regulation 4 and substituting the following:
" 4. Prohibited non-legal services and businesses of incorporated legal practice – section 35AE(3) of Act
"(1) An incorporated legal practice must not act as the conveyancing lawyer for the purchaser of a property if the legal practice or a related body corporate of the legal practice acts –
(a) as real estate agent for the vendor in the sale of the property; or
(b) as the finance broker for the purchaser.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
"(2) A related body corporate of an incorporated legal practice must not act as the conveyancing lawyer for the purchaser of a property if the body corporate, another related body corporate of the legal practice or the legal practice acts –
(a) as real estate agent for the vendor in the sale of the property; or
(b) as the finance broker for the purchaser.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
" 4A. Particulars of notice of intention to commence providing legal services
"For section 35AG(1) of the Act, the following particulars are the contents of a corporation's notice of intention to commence providing legal services in this jurisdiction:
(a) the corporation's name;
(b) the corporation's Australian Business Number;
(c) the address of the corporation's registered office;
(d) the address of the corporation's proposed principal place of practice in this jurisdiction;
(e) the name, residential address and date and place of birth of –
(i) each lawyer director;
(ii) each non-lawyer director; and
(iii) each employee who is a legal practitioner;
(f) the kinds of services (other than legal services) and businesses the corporation proposes to provide or conduct in this jurisdiction;
(g) the date the corporation intends commencing to provide legal services in this jurisdiction.
" 4B. Prescribed period and particulars for notice of termination of provision of legal services
"(1) For section 35AH(1) of the Act, the period for giving notice of a corporation ceasing to provide legal services in this jurisdiction is one month.
"(2) For section 35AH(1) of the Act, the following particulars are the contents of a corporation's notice of ceasing to provide legal services in this jurisdiction:
(a) the corporation's name;
(b) the corporation's Australian Business Number;
(c) the address of the corporation's registered office;
(d) the former address of the corporation's principal place of practice in this jurisdiction;
(e) the name, residential address and date and place of birth of –
(i) each lawyer director;
(ii) each non-lawyer director; and
(iii) each employee who is a legal practitioner;
(f) the kinds of services (other than legal services) and businesses the corporation formerly provided or conducted in this jurisdiction;
(g) the date the corporation ceased to provide legal services in this jurisdiction.
" 4C. Prohibited services and businesses of multi-disciplinary
partnership – section 35AZO(2) of Act
"A lawyer who acts as the conveyancing lawyer for the purchaser of a property must not be in partnership with a person who acts –
(a) as real estate agent for the vendor in the sale of the property; or
(b) as the finance broker for the purchaser.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
" 4D. Particulars of notice of intention to commence practice in
multi-disciplinary partnership
"For section 35AZP(2) of the Act, the following particulars are the contents of a lawyer partner's notice of intention to commence providing legal services as a member of a multi-disciplinary partnership in the Territory:
(a) the name and residential address of each partner;
(b) the kinds of services (other than legal services) and businesses the partnership proposes to provide or conduct in the Territory.
" 4E. Publication and notification of certain Court orders
"As soon as practicable after the making of an order under section 35AZD, 35AZE or 35AZZE of the Act, the Law Society must –
(a) publish notice of the making of the order in –
(i) the Gazette ;
(ii) a newspaper circulating generally in the Territory; and
(iii) 'Balance', the journal published by the Society; and
(b) for an order under section 35AZE – notify each interstate regulatory authority of the making of the order.".