Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulations 2022 (WA)

Western Australia Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulations 2022 Western Australia Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulations 2022 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 Part 2 — Legal Practice Board Division 1 — Delegation 4. Delegation of Board's functions under Uniform Law (s. 37(b)) 1 Division 2 — Election of members 5. Annual election date 1 6. Returning officers 1 7. Nomination of candidates 1 8. Candidates elected when nominations equal vacancies 1 9. Board may approve online voting system for election 1 10. Notice of election to be given to local legal practitioners 1 11. Listing of candidates on ballot paper or online voting system 1 12. Voting 1 13. Counting of votes 1 14. Election of members 1 15. Commencement of term of office 1 16. Results to be published in Gazette 1 17. Non‑receipt of notices 1 Division 3 — Election of chairperson and deputy chairperson 18. Conduct of chairperson election or deputy chairperson election 1 19. Commencement of term of office of chairperson or deputy chairperson 1 20. Results to be published in Gazette 1 21. Non‑receipt of notices 1 Division 4 — Meetings and proceedings of Board 22. Notice of Board meeting 1 23. Urgent meeting 1 24. Resolution without meeting 1 25. Rescission or amendment of resolution 1 26. Minutes of Board meeting prima facie evidence of matters 1 Division 5 — Committees 27. Convenor and deputy convenor 1 28. Committee meetings 1 29. Modification of applied provisions 1 Division 6 — Giving certain notices electronically 30. Notices under this Part may be given electronically 1 Part 3 — Admission 31. Applications required for certain matters relating to admission 1 32. Application for compliance certificate must be made within 2 days after applying for admission 1 33. Fees for applications for admission by Supreme Court (s. 113(b)) 1 34. Fees for other applications relating to admission 1 Part 4 — Practising certificates and registration certificates 35. Fees for applications for Australian practising certificates and Australian registration certificates (s. 116(1)(c) and 120(1)(c)) 1 36. Contribution to cost of funding Legal Profession Uniform Framework (s. 116(1)(e)) 1 37. Standard renewal period and late fee period (s. 117(1)(a) and (b) and 121(1)(a) and (b)) 1 38. Contribution to fidelity fund 1 Part 5 — Continuing professional development 39. Excluded activities (s. 125(1)) 1 40. Exemption from requirement for accreditation under Board Rules (s. 125(6)) 1 41. Determination of whether certain activities meet requirements of Continuing Professional Development Rules 1 Part 6 — Government lawyers 42. Contract legislative drafters (s. 126(2)) 1 42A. Exemption from requirement to hold Australian practising certificate for certain contract legislative drafters (s. 127(1)(a) and (b)) 1 43. Foreign legislative drafters employed in Parliamentary Counsel's Office (s. 127(1)(b)) 1 44. Supervised legal practice in Parliamentary Counsel's Office or other legislative drafting office (s. 127(1)(b)) 1 45. Calculation of periods for r. 42A, 43 and 44 1 Part 7 — Legal costs 46. Costs assessment for purpose of investigating complaint (s. 152) 1 Part 8 — Professional indemnity insurance 47. Late fee (s. 158(3)(b)) 1 48. PII schemes (s. 162) 1 Part 9 — Fidelity cover 49. Maximum amounts payable from Guarantee Fund 1 50. Minimum agreed amount for Guarantee Fund (s. 201(1)) 1 51. Community legal services and peak organisations that may receive money from Trust Interest Account (s. 201(4)(b)(iv) and (v)) 1 52. Fees and allowances for trustees of Legal Contribution Trust (s. 201(6)) 1 Part 10 — Registers 53. Particulars to be included in register of Australian practising certificates (s. 217(2)(b)) 1 54. Particulars to be included in register of Australian registration certificates (s. 218(2)(b)) 1 55. Contact details of offices to be included in registers 1 56. Person may request that particulars not be included in register 1 57. Particulars to be included in register of disciplinary action (s. 220(4)(e)) 1 58. Board to be notified before and on making of order prohibiting disciplinary action from being publicised 1 59. Information to be included in disqualification orders and approvals register (s. 227(2)(a)) 1 Part 11 — Law library 60. Board's contribution to costs of law library (s. 245) 1 61. Committee to advise on management of law library 1 62. People entitled to use law library (s. 244(1)(c)) 1 63. Librarian may suspend or restrict entitlement to use law library 1 64. CEO may suspend or restrict entitlement to use law library 1 65. Use of law library and books 1 66. Borrowing books 1 67. Removal of unauthorised people and retrieval of books 1 68. Library rules 1 69. Fees for library services 1 Part 12 — Miscellaneous 70. Modification of Legal Profession Conduct Rules for barristers (s. 119) 1 71. Information sharing (s. 247) 1 72. Local legal practitioner to correct information previously given to Board 1 73. Local approved forms (s. 253(2)) 1 74. Fees for applications relating to trust money and insurance exemptions 1 75. Fees for functions of Supreme Court 1 76. Fees for functions of State Administrative Tribunal 1 77. Waiver of fees and charges payable in respect of functions of Board 1 Part 13 — Transitional provisions Division 1 — General 78. Application for approval of insurance scheme before commencement day 1 79. Arrangements for services and facilities for Legal Costs Committee made before commencement day 1 80. Continuation of Law Library Fund 1 Division 2 — Continuing professional development 81. Terms used 1 82. CPD points earned before commencement day 1 83. Persons compliant with all applicable CPD requirements for 2022‑23 year before commencement day 1 Schedule 1 — Fees Division 1 — Applications relating to admission Division 2 — Applications for Australian practising certificates and Australian registration certificates Division 3 — Applications relating to trust money and insurance exemptions Schedule 2 — Community legal services and peak organisations that may receive money from Trust Interest Account Division 1 — Community legal services Division 2 — Peak organisation Notes Compilation table 1 Defined terms Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulations 2022