Chapter 7 Regulatory authorities
Part 7.1 Legal Profession Admission Board
679 Constitution of Admission Board
(1) There is constituted by this Act a corporation with the corporate name of the Legal Profession Admission Board.(2) The Admission Board is not and does not represent the Crown.
680 Membership of Admission Board
(1) The Admission Board is to consist of 11 members, being:(a) the Chief Justice of New South Wales, and(b) 3 Judges of the Supreme Court for the time being nominated by the Chief Justice of New South Wales, and(c) the Attorney General or a person for the time being nominated by the Attorney General, and(d) 2 persons for the time being nominated by the Committee of NSW Law Deans, and(e) 2 barristers for the time being nominated by the Bar Council, and(f) 2 solicitors for the time being nominated by the Law Society Council.(2) A member of the Admission Board who holds office on the nomination of a person or body ceases to hold office if the person or body by whom the member was nominated withdraws the nomination.(3) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Admission Board.
681 Functions of Admission Board
The Admission Board has and may exercise the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.
682–685(Repealed)
Part 7.3 Legal Services Commissioner
686 Appointment of Commissioner
(1) The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Attorney General, appoint a person to be Legal Services Commissioner.(2) The person so appointed is to be a person who, in the opinion of the Attorney General:(a) is familiar with the nature of the legal system and legal practice (but need not be an Australian legal practitioner), and(b) possesses sufficient qualities of independence, fairness and integrity.(3) The employment of the Commissioner is subject to Part 3.1 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002, but is not subject to Chapter 2 or 5 of that Act.(4) The Commissioner may be appointed for a period of up to 7 years, despite anything to the contrary in section 68 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.(5) The Governor may remove the Commissioner from office only for misbehaviour, incapacity or incompetence, despite anything to the contrary in section 77 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.
(1) The Attorney General may, from time to time, appoint a person to act in the office of the Commissioner during the illness or absence of the Commissioner (or during a vacancy in the office of Commissioner) and a person, while so acting, has all the functions of the Commissioner.(2) The Attorney General may, at any time, remove a person from the office of acting Commissioner.(3) The acting Commissioner is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Attorney General may from time to time determine.
(1) The Commissioner has, in accordance with this Act, the following functions:(a) to receive complaints about unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of Australian lawyers or Australian-registered foreign lawyers,(b) to assist and advise complainants and potential complainants in making and pursuing complaints (including assisting complainants to clarify their complaints and to put their complaints in writing),(c) to initiate a complaint against an Australian lawyer or an Australian-registered foreign lawyer,(d) to investigate, or take over the investigation of, a complaint if the Commissioner considers it appropriate,(e) to refer complaints to the appropriate Council for investigation or mediation in appropriate cases,(f) to monitor investigations and give directions and assistance to Councils in connection with the investigation of complaints,(g) to review the decisions of Councils to dismiss complaints or to reprimand Australian lawyers or Australian-registered foreign lawyers in connection with complaints,(h) to take over investigations or to institute proceedings in the Tribunal against Australian lawyers or Australian-registered foreign lawyers following a review by the Commissioner,(i) to conduct regular surveys of, and report on, the views and levels of satisfaction of complainants and respondent Australian lawyers with the complaints handling and disciplinary system,(j) to monitor the refusal to grant, cancellation and suspension of practising certificates under Part 2.4 on grounds relating to fitness to practise (for example, in connection with acts of bankruptcy, the commission of indictable offences or tax offences or failures to give required notifications),(k) functions conferred on the Commissioner under Division 7 of Part 2.4 and Part 4.7 of Chapter 4,(l) to review the provisions and operations of Chapter 4 in accordance with section 494 (4),(m) to monitor generally the exercise of regulatory functions by the Councils (other than the imposition of conditions on practising certificates),(n) to review legal profession rules,(o) to assist the Councils to promote community education about the regulation and discipline of the legal profession,(p) to assist the Councils in the enhancement of professional ethics and standards, for example, through liaison with legal educators or directly through research, publications or educational seminars,(q) to report on the Commissioner’s activities under this Act.(2) The Commissioner may appear by barrister or solicitor before, and be heard by, the Supreme Court in the exercise of the functions of the Supreme Court under this Act or otherwise in relation to Australian lawyers.(3) The Commissioner has such other functions as are conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by or under this or any other Act.(4) A reference in this section and in section 689 (1) (c) and 691 (5):(a) to an Australian lawyer is a reference to an Australian lawyer to whom Chapter 4 applies, or(b) to an Australian-registered foreign lawyer is a reference to an Australian-registered foreign lawyer to whom Chapter 4 applies.
689 Commissioner may require Councils to provide information
(1) The Commissioner may, for the purpose of exercising the Commissioner’s functions, do any of the following:(a) require a Council to provide information received by the Council that gives the Council reason to believe that an Australian legal practitioner has engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct,(b) require a Council to provide information relating to an application for a local practising certificate,(c) require a Council to provide information relating to a notification made by an Australian lawyer or an Australian-registered foreign lawyer for the purpose of complying with this Act or the regulations,(d) require a Council to notify the Commissioner of the Council’s intention to grant, refuse to grant, cancel or suspend a local practising certificate.(2) A requirement by the Commissioner under this section may relate to a specific case or may be made in general terms so as to relate to all cases or to a class of cases.(3) A Council must take into account any representations made by the Commissioner on a matter under this section.
689A Functions of Commissioner in relation to advertising offences
(1) In addition to the Commissioner’s other functions, the Commissioner may institute prosecutions for an offence against section 85 (Regulation of advertising and other marketing of services) or regulations made under that section.(2) If the Commissioner suspects on reasonable grounds that a person (whether or not an Australian lawyer) may have committed an offence against section 85 or regulations made under that section, the Commissioner or a person authorised by the Commissioner may conduct an investigation in relation to the matter.(3) The Commissioner or authorised person has and may exercise, in relation to the matter referred to in subsection (2), the same powers as an investigator has under Chapter 6 (Provisions relating to investigations) in relation to a matter that is the subject of a complaint under Chapter 4 (Complaints and discipline).(4) Accordingly, the provisions of Chapter 6 apply in relation to the matter referred to in subsection (2), and so apply with any necessary modifications and as if a reference to an Australian lawyer included a reference to a lay person.(5) This section does not limit any powers that may be exercised apart from this section by the Commissioner or by any other person.
690 Protocols relating to monitoring of regulatory functions
The Commissioner may, in consultation with each of the Councils, develop protocols relating to the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions under section 688 (1) (j) and (l).
691 Annual report of Commissioner
(1) As soon as practicable after 30 June (but before 31 December) in each year, the Commissioner is to prepare and forward to the Attorney General a report on his or her activities for the 12 months ending on 30 June in that year.(2) The Attorney General is to lay the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report.(3) The Commissioner is to include the following information in the annual report:(a) the number and type of complaints made during the year (including the number and type made by the Commissioner and the number and type made by each Council),(b) the sources of those complaints,(c) the number of consumer disputes referred to mediation during the year and the results of mediation,(d) the number and type of complaints investigated during the year by each Council, the Commissioner and an independent investigator under section 532,(e) the number and type of complaints dismissed during the year by each Council and by the Commissioner,(f) the number and type of complaints in respect of which an Australian lawyer was reprimanded or cautioned during the year by each Council and by the Commissioner,(g) the number and type of complaints in respect of which proceedings were instituted in the Tribunal during the year by each Council and by the Commissioner,(h) the number of matters referred to mediation under section 336 or Part 4.3 during the year and the outcome of those matters,(i) the number of compensation orders made under Part 4.9 during the year,(j) a summary of the results of proceedings in the Tribunal completed during the year,(k) the number of complaints not finally dealt with at the end of the year (including the number at each stage of proceedings),(l) the age of complaints not finally dealt with at the end of the year (that is, the number of those complaints made respectively in that year and in each previous year),(m) time intervals involved in the complaints process, including:(i) the time between the receipt of a complaint and the decision of the Commissioner or a Council under Part 4.5 in respect of the complaint, and(ii) the time between the receipt of a complaint and the decision of the Commissioner on completion of a review under Part 4.6,(n) information about any review of a legal profession rule requested by the Commissioner during the year under this Act,(o) information on the operation of the complaints process during the year and any recommendations for legislative or other improvements to the complaints process,(p) information about the costs incurred by the Commissioner during the year, certified by the Auditor-General,(q) such other information as the Commissioner considers appropriate to be included or as the Attorney General directs to be included.(4) The Commissioner may include in the annual report a report on the exercise of functions by the Commissioner referred to in section 688 (1) (j), (k) and (l).(5) Matters included in a report must not identify individual clients, Australian lawyers or Australian-registered foreign lawyers unless their names have already lawfully been made public under Part 4.10 (Publishing disciplinary action).
(1) The staff of the Commissioner is (subject to this section) to be employed under Chapter 2 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.(2) The Commissioner may employ other staff with the approval of the Attorney General. Chapter 2 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 does not apply to the employment of any such staff.(3) The Commissioner may arrange for the use of the services of any staff (by secondment or otherwise) or facilities of a government agency or other public authority. Any staff of whose services the Commissioner makes use is taken to be staff of the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act.(4) The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Attorney General, engage consultants or other persons for the purpose of getting assistance.
The Commissioner may delegate any of his or her functions (other than this power of delegation) to any member of the staff of the Commissioner or to a person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
(1) The Bar Council is, at least once in each year, and at such times as the Attorney General directs, required to report to the Attorney General on the committees of the Bar Association and the Bar Council.(2) The report is:(a) to list the committees that existed at any time during the last preceding 12 months or the period since the last report (whichever is the shorter period), and(b) to specify the functions and membership of each committee, and(c) to include such other information relating to the committees as the Attorney General directs.(3) The report need not refer to any committee of a kind that the Attorney General for the time being exempts from the operation of this section.
695 Lay representation on committees
(1) The Attorney General may, after consultation with the Bar Council, direct, by written order, that any specified committees or kinds of committees of the Bar Association or Bar Council must include in their membership a specified or determinable number of lay members.(2) Except as provided by subsection (3), a direction has no effect to the extent that it would require the membership of a committee to have more than one-quarter of its membership composed of lay members.(3) The membership of any professional conduct committee must include at least 3 lay members.(4) A lay member has such voting and other rights and such obligations as are provided in the constitution of the committee or as are provided by the regulations, and the regulations prevail to the extent of any inconsistency.(5) For the purposes of this section, a lay member is a person who is not an Australian lawyer.
(1) In addition to its other functions, the Bar Council may:(a) take such steps as in the opinion of the Bar Council may be necessary or proper for or with respect to the investigation in accordance with this Act of any question:(i) as to the conduct of a barrister, or(ii) as to the conduct of a person who is or was a clerk to a barrister or who is or was employed or paid by a barrister in connection with the barrister’s practice as a barrister, or(iii) as to conduct that is, or may be, a contravention of a provision of Part 2.2, or(iv) as to conduct that is, or may be, a contravention of a provision of Part 2.7 (Legal practice by foreign lawyers), and(b) appear by barrister or solicitor before, and be heard by, the Supreme Court in the exercise of the functions of the Supreme Court under this Act or otherwise in relation to barristers or locally registered foreign lawyers registered by the Bar Council, and(c) institute prosecutions and other proceedings for the breach of any of the provisions of this Act, the regulations or the legal profession rules, and(d) appear by barrister or solicitor before, and be heard by, any court in any matter affecting the Bar Association or its members or in which the Bar Association is concerned or interested, and(e) recover as a debt due to the Bar Association any money payable to the Bar Association under this Act or the regulations.(2) The Bar Council may delegate to any of its committees, to an officer of the Bar Council or to an employee of the Bar Association the exercise of any of the Bar Council’s functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation.(3) A reference in this section to a barrister (except in relation to the appearance by the Bar Council before a court) is a reference to:(a) a person to whom Chapter 4 (Complaints and discipline) applies, other than an Australian legal practitioner who is, or was at the relevant time, a solicitor, or(b) an Australian-registered foreign lawyer to whom Chapter 4 applies and who is not, or was not, restricted to practice only as or in the manner of a solicitor.(4) Without limiting any other provision of this section, the Bar Council may investigate and bring proceedings for a breach of Part 2.2 by any person, including a lay person.
(1) The Law Society Council is, at least once in each year, and at such times as the Attorney General directs, required to report to the Attorney General on the committees of the Law Society and the Law Society Council.(2) The report is:(a) to list the committees that existed at any time during the last preceding 12 months or the period since the last report (whichever is the shorter period),(b) to specify the functions and membership of each committee, and(c) to include such other information relating to the committees as the Attorney General directs.(3) The report need not refer to any committee of a kind that the Attorney General for the time being exempts from the operation of this section.
698 Lay representation on committees
(1) The Attorney General may, after consultation with the Law Society Council, direct, by written order, that any specified committees or kinds of committees of the Law Society or Law Society Council must include in their membership a specified or determinable number of lay members.(2) Except as provided by subsection (3), a direction has no effect to the extent that it would require the membership of a committee to have more than one-quarter of its membership composed of lay members.(3) The membership of any professional conduct committee must include at least 3 lay members.(4) A lay member has such voting and other rights and such obligations as are provided in the constitution of the committee or as are provided by the regulations, and the regulations prevail to the extent of any inconsistency.(5) For the purposes of this section, a lay member is a person who is not an Australian lawyer.
699 Functions of Law Society Council
(1) In addition to its other functions, the Law Society Council may:(a) take such steps as in the opinion of the Law Society Council may be necessary or proper for or with respect to the investigation in accordance with this Act of any question:(i) as to the conduct of a solicitor, or(ii) as to the conduct of a person who is or was a clerk to a solicitor or who is or was employed or paid by a solicitor in connection with the solicitor’s practice as a solicitor, or(iii) as to conduct that is, or may be, a contravention of a provision of Part 2.2, or(iv) as to conduct that is, or may be, a contravention of a provision of Part 2.7 (Legal practice by foreign lawyers), and(b) appear by barrister or solicitor before, and be heard by, the Supreme Court in the exercise of the functions of the Supreme Court under this Act or otherwise in relation to solicitors or locally registered foreign lawyers registered by the Law Society Council, and(c) institute prosecutions and other proceedings for the breach of any of the provisions of this Act, the regulations or the legal profession rules, and(d) appear by barrister or solicitor before, and be heard by, any court in any matter affecting the Law Society or its members or in which the Law Society is concerned or interested, and(e) recover as a debt due to the Law Society any money payable to the Law Society under this Act or the regulations.(2) The Law Society Council also has the function of disseminating information to increase public awareness of the requirements of this Act and the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth relating to solicitors who negotiate the making of or act in respect of regulated mortgages (within the meaning of Part 3.5 (Mortgage practices and mortgage investment schemes)) or are involved in managed investment schemes.(3) The Law Society Council may delegate to any of its committees, to an officer of the Law Society Council or to an employee of the Law Society the exercise of any of the Law Society Council’s functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation.(4) A reference in this section to a solicitor (except in relation to the appearance by the Law Society Council before a court) is a reference to:(a) a person to whom Chapter 4 (Complaints and discipline) applies, other than an Australian legal practitioner who is, or was at the relevant time, entitled to engage in legal practice only as or in the manner of a barrister, or(b) an Australian-registered foreign lawyer to whom Chapter 4 applies and who is not, or was not, restricted to practice only as or in the manner of a barrister.(5) Without limiting any other provision of this section, the Law Society Council may investigate and bring proceedings for a breach of Part 2.2 by any person, including a lay person.
700 Council to submit annual report
(1) As soon as practicable after 30 June, but on or before 31 December, in each year, the Bar Council and the Law Society Council are each required to prepare and forward to the Attorney General a report of its work and activities under this Act for the 12 months ending on 30 June in that year.(2) The Attorney General is to lay the report, or cause it to be laid, before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report.(3) A Council is to include the following information in its annual report:(a) the number and type of complaints made to the Council during the year,(b) the sources of those complaints,(c) the number of consumer disputes referred to mediation during the year and the results of mediation,(d) the number and type of complaints investigated during the year by the Council and an independent investigator under section 532,(e) the number and type of complaints dismissed during the year by the Council,(f) the number and type of complaints in respect of which an Australian lawyer was reprimanded or cautioned during the year by the Council,(g) the number and type of complaints in respect of which proceedings were instituted in the Tribunal during the year by the Council,(h) the number of matters referred to mediation under section 336 or Division 5 of Part 4.3 during the year and the outcome of those matters,(i) the number of compensation orders made under section 540 (2) (c),(j) a summary of the results of proceedings in the Tribunal completed during the year,(k) the number of complaints not finally dealt with at the end of the year (including the number at each stage of proceedings),(l) the age of complaints not finally dealt with at the end of the year (that is, the number of those complaints made respectively in that year and in each previous year),(m) time intervals involved in the complaints process, including the time between the receipt of a complaint and the decision of the Council under Part 4.5 in respect of the complaint,(n) information about the costs incurred by the Council during the reporting year in relation to its regulatory functions, as certified by an auditor,(o) in the case of the Law Society Council—the total amount paid from the Public Purpose Fund and the Fidelity Fund during the year,(p) such other information as may be prescribed by the regulations or as the Attorney General directs to be included.(4) Matters included in a report must not identify individual Australian lawyers unless their names have already lawfully been made public under Part 4.10 (Publishing disciplinary action).(5) This section does not affect any other provision of this Act requiring a report to be made to the Attorney General.
Part 7.5 Legal profession rules
The purpose of this Part is to promote the maintenance of high standards of professional conduct by Australian legal practitioners and Australian-registered foreign lawyers by providing for the making and enforcement of rules of professional conduct that apply to them when they practise in this jurisdiction.
(1) The Bar Council may make rules for or with respect to engaging in legal practice as a barrister.(2) The Bar Council may make rules for or with respect to engaging in legal practice as an Australian-registered foreign lawyer who engages in legal practice only as or in the manner of a barrister.
(1) The Law Society Council may make rules for or with respect to engaging in legal practice as a solicitor.(2) The Law Society Council may make rules for or with respect to engaging in legal practice as an Australian-registered foreign lawyer who engages in legal practice as or in the manner of a solicitor.
704 Joint rules for Australian legal practitioners
(1) The Bar Council and Law Society Council may jointly make rules for or with respect to:(a) any matters about which joint rules are authorised to be made, or(b) any matters about which they may separately make rules,in connection with legal practice as an Australian legal practitioner.(2) Joint rules may but need not apply in the same way to both barristers and solicitors.(3) Joint rules prevail, to the extent of any inconsistency, over legal profession rules made separately by a Council (whether made before or after the joint rules).
705 Rules for incorporated legal practices and multi-disciplinary partnerships
(1) The Law Society Council may make rules for or with respect to the following matters:(a) the provision of legal services by or in connection with incorporated legal practices or multi-disciplinary partnerships, and in particular the provision of legal services by:(i) officers or employees of incorporated legal practices, or(ii) partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships,(b) the provision of services that are not legal services by or in connection with incorporated legal practices or multi-disciplinary partnerships, but only if the provision of those services by:(i) officers or employees of incorporated legal practices, or(ii) partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships,may give rise to a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), rules may be made for or with respect to professional obligations relating to legal services provided by or in connection with incorporated legal practices or multi-disciplinary partnerships.(3) However, the rules made under this section cannot:(a) regulate any services that an incorporated legal practice may provide or conduct (other than the provision of legal services or other services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services), or(b) regulate or prohibit the conduct of officers or employees of an incorporated legal practice (other than in connection with the provision of legal services or other services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services), or(c) regulate any services that a multi-disciplinary partnership or partners or employees of a multi-disciplinary partnership may provide or conduct (other than the provision of legal services or other services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services), or(d) regulate or prohibit the conduct of partners or employees of a multi-disciplinary partnership (other than in connection with the provision of legal services or services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services).(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the making of rules under this section.
706 Subject-matter of legal profession rules
(1) Legal profession rules may make provision for or with respect to any aspect of legal practice, including standards of conduct expected of Australian legal practitioners or Australian-registered foreign lawyers to whom the rules apply.(2) The power to make rules is not limited to any matters for which this Act specifically authorises the making of legal profession rules.
Division 3 Procedure for making rules
707 Commissioner to be notified of proposed rules
(1) Each Council must notify the Commissioner of its intention to make a legal profession rule.(2) The notification must be in writing and must give details of the proposal.(3) The Council must wait at least 28 days after giving the notification before making the rule and must take into account any representations on the proposed rule made by the Commissioner.(4) However, the Council may make the rule before the end of the 28-day period if:(a) the Council considers that the urgency of the case warrants immediate action, and(b) the notification indicates that the Council is of that view and intends to act immediately.
708 Public notice of proposed rules
(1) The Council or Councils proposing to make a legal profession rule must ensure that a notice is published in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper circulating in this jurisdiction:(a) explaining the object of the proposed rule, and(b) advising where or how a copy of the proposed rule may be accessed, obtained or inspected, and(c) inviting comments and submissions within a specified period of not less than 21 days from the date of first publication of the notice.(2) The Council or Councils must ensure that a copy of the proposed rule is given to the Attorney General before the notice is published.(3) The Council or Councils must not make the rule before the end of the period specified in the notice for making comments and submissions and must ensure that any comments and submissions received within that period are appropriately considered.(4) However, the Council or Councils may make the rule before the end of the period specified in the notice for making comments and submissions if:(a) the Council or Councils consider that the urgency of the case warrants immediate action, and(b) the notice indicates that the Council or Councils are of that view and intend to act immediately.(5) Subsections (1)–(4) do not apply to a proposed rule that the Attorney General considers does not warrant publication because of its minor or technical nature.(6) Section 75 of the Interpretation Act 1987 does not apply to notices required to be published under this section.
Legal profession rules are to be published in the Gazette and in appropriate professional publications.
(1) A legal profession rule commences on the date specified in the rule for its commencement.(2) The date so specified is not to be earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette and, unless the Attorney General approves, is not to be earlier than one month after the date of that publication.
711 Binding nature of legal profession rules
(1) Legal profession rules are binding on Australian legal practitioners and Australian-registered foreign lawyers to whom they apply.(2) (Repealed)
712 Legal profession rules inconsistent with Act or regulations
Legal profession rules do not have effect to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act or the regulations.
The Councils must ensure that the legal profession rules are available for public inspection (including on their internet sites, if any, or on any other specified internet site) and that amendments are incorporated as soon as possible.
714 Review of rules requested by Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner may, at any time, request a Council to review any legal profession rule (including any joint rule) made by it.(2) If a Council is requested to review a rule under this section, the Council must furnish a report on the review to the Commissioner within 28 days after the request or within such further period as is agreed on by the Commissioner and the Council.(3) After receiving a report under this section, the Commissioner must give a report to the Attorney General about the request for the review and may include in the report submissions about the rule and a recommendation that the rule be declared inoperative.(4) Any such report by the Commissioner must include a copy of the report on the review of the rule concerned provided by the relevant Council.(5) The Attorney General may make public any report by the Commissioner under this section (including, if the Attorney General thinks fit, a copy of the relevant review).
716 Rules may be declared inoperative
(1) The Attorney General may, by order published in the Gazette, declare any legal profession rule, or part of any such rule, inoperative, if:(a) the Commissioner has reported to the Attorney General that the rule is not in the public interest, or(b) the Attorney General is of the opinion that the rule imposes restrictive or anti-competitive practices that are not in the public interest or the rule is not otherwise in the public interest.(2) A rule or part of a rule may be declared inoperative even though it deals with a matter for which this Act specifically authorises the making of rules.(3) A declaration is effective to render the rule or the part of the rule inoperative.(4) A declaration takes effect on the date of the publication of the order in the Gazette or on a later date specified in the order.
717 Other provisions as to rules
Sections 42, 43 and 45 of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to legal profession rules in the same way as they apply to statutory rules within the meaning of that Act.Note. The above provisions of the Interpretation Act 1987 relate to standard provisions authorising the adoption of other publications by reference, the making of differential rules, the amendment or repeal of rules and presumptions as to validity for rules.