Legal Profession Bill 2004 (Qld)

Legal Profession Bill 2004

LEGAL PROFESSION BILL 2004

AMENDMENTS AGREED TO IN COMMITTEE

1 Clause 2— At page 32, line 7—

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'(1) If the date of assent for this Act is on or before 25 May 2004, the following provisions commence on 25 May 2004 but, if the date of assent for this Act is not on or before 25 May 2004, the following provisions commence on the date of assent—

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pter 1, other than the provisions that are in force

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pter 6, part 5,

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sections 83 and 213

part 9, division 3

part 1, part 2, divisions | to 3, part 3, divisions 1 to 3 divisions 1 to 4

sections 586 and 587

part 3 and part 5, division 1

sections 602, 605, 610(3) and (6), 613, 617 and 638

part 5, divisions 13 and 14

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2 Clause 10— At page 35, lines 30 to 32—

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'(2) A government legal officer is "engaged in government work" when the government legal officer is engaged in legal practice in the course of the officer's duties for the entity in relation to which the person is an employee or appointee. Legal Profession Bill 2004

Example of "engaged in government work" —

A public service employee employed by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General who is engaged in legal practice at the Department of Education and whose duties for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General while working at the Department of Education include providing advice to that department as a client of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General.'.

3 Clause 10— At page 36, after line 21—

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'(8A) A government legal officer who is an Australian lawyer but does not hold a current local practising certificate may—

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(b)

if the officer was admitted as a barrister before the commencement of section 25! or engages in government work in the manner of a barrister—call himself or herself a barrister or another term that describes the way the officer engages in government work; or