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QUEENSLAND
EGAL ASS B
[Reprinted as at f ~eptember, 19841
nee Act of 1965, No. 67 As amended by
ss~stance Act A m e n ~ ~ ~ ~ t Act 1970, No. 46
~ s ~ s t a n c e Act A endment Act 1971, No. 44 Public Defence Act 19’74, NO. 3
Legal Assistance Act Amendment Act 19’75, No. 6
Commenced 1 July 1974 (Proc. pubd. Gaz, 15 June 1974, p. 997).
Act 19’78, No, 23, s. 4 (1)
s. 4 (1) Commenced 3 December 1979 (See s. 2 (2) of Act and Notice pubd. Gaz.
15 September 1979, p. 278).
Act and Anot~er Act A m ~ n ~ m e n t e n ~ ~ e n t Act 1981, No. 71
Legal Assi~tance Act
An Act to make Legal Assistance more readily available to Persons of Limited Means, and for other purposes
[ASSENTED TO 24 DECEMBER, 19651 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of‘ Q ~ e e n s ~ a n d in Parliament assembled, and by the a~tho r ity of the same, as follows:-
1, (1) Short title. This Act may be cited as “The Legal Assistance Act of 1965.”
(2) omm men cement, This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette.
Commenced 14 February 1966 (Proc. pubd. Gaz. 12 February 1966, p. 1156).
Collective title conferred by Act of 1981, No. 71, s. 1 (3).
2 s, 2 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965- 198 1 s. 9
2. Arr
as follows: ent of Act, This Act is divided into Parts and a Schedule PART I-PRELI~I~ARY;
PART 11-ADMINISTRATION AND
PART 111-(Repealed);
SCHEDULE.
I S C ~ ~ ~ A ~ E ~ ~ S ;
As amended by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.
In this Act unless the context otherwise following terms shall have the meanings
“Commission”-Le~al Aid C o m ~ i s s i o n of Queensland established by the Legal Aid Act 1978;
“Fund” or ““Legal Aid Fund”-Legal Aid Fund established by the Legal Aid Act 1978;
“Guarantee Fund”-The Legal ~actitio~ers’ Fidelity ~ u a r a n t e e
Fund established pursuant to the ~ ~ e eLaw ~ S u c i ~ t y ~ l a ~ ~
“Minister”~The ~ i n i s t e r for Justice and Attor~ey- ene era^ or other Minister of the Crown for the time being charged with the administration of this Act:
The term includes a Minister of the Crown performing temporarily the duties of the ~ i n i s t e r charged for the time being with the administration of this Act;
“Part”-Part of this Act: Where necessary the term includes all P~oclam~tions, Orders in Council and regulations made for the purposes of the Part in question;
“Society”-“The Queensland Law Society Incorporated’’
incorporated under the ~ u ~ ~ ~ ~ l a n d L a w Society Act indi
respectively assigned to them, that is to say:-
Act 1952- 1974;
1952-1 974;
As amended by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.
PART II-~D~I~ISTRATION AND FINANCE
.
A $ ~ i n i s ~ a t i o ~ . This Act shall be administered by the and, subject to the Minister, by the Society.As amended by Act of 1978, No. 23, s, 4 ( I ) Sch.
Repealed by Act of 1978, NO. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.
9. Legal Assistance Fu
.
(1) There shall be paid to the om mission by the Society such part of the interest from time to time accruing in respect of moneys invested pursuant to subsection (4) of section ten of this Act, as may be presc~bed for the time being in that behalf by or under subsections ( 5 ) and (6) of that section,s. 10 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965-1 98 1 s . 10 3
(2) (Repealed).
As amended by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.
Ql~C~tQr$ Trust c. (1) In this section unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them, that is to say-
“Balance”-In relation to a bank account, the amount standing to the credit of the account in excess of nil;
“bank”-a bank carrying on business under the authority of an Act of the Commonwealth or of any State;
“Commencing date”-The first day of January One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one or, in the case of a solicitor who commences practice after the said first day of January, the first day of January in the calendar year next following the calendar year in which he commenced practice;
“Deposit with”-Includes “pay to” and “transfer to”;
“First year”-The period of twelve months beginning on and including the commencing date;
“Solicitor”-A solicitor or conveyancer of the Supreme Court of Queensland: In relation to any trust bank account, the solicitor or solicitors or any other person or persons who may lawfully operate upon that trust bank account;
“Trust bank account”---Any bank account (whether general or particular) into which is paid any money received by a solicitor, or where he practises in partnership with another solicitor or solicitors into which is paid any money received by the firm or any partner thereof, upon trust or upon terms requiring the solicitor, firm, or partner, as the case may be, to account to any person therefor;
“Year”-The first year and each period of twelve months .thereafter.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Trust Accounts Act 1973-1974 every solicitor shall out of the moneys in his trust bank account-
(a) not later than twenty days after the commencing date deposit with the Society a sum which is not less than two-thirds of the amount which was the lowest balance in his trust bank account on any day during the period of twelve months ending on and including the day immediately preceding the commencing date (herein referred to as “the initial period”) or, where he maintains more than one trust bank account, a sum which is not less than two-thirds of the lowest aggregate on any day during the initial period of the balances in his trust bank accounts, excluding any accounts that were maintained for the exclusive benefit of a specific person or specific persons;
(b) thereafter during the first year keep deposited with the Society a sum which is not at any time less than the amount prescribed by paragraph (a) of this subsection; and
4 §.PO LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965-1981 s. 10
(c) during each and every year following the first year keep deposited with the Society such a sum as may be prescribed or, if not prescribed, a sum which is not at any time less than two-thirds of the aggregate of-
(i) the amount standing upon deposit by the solicitor with the Society in accordance with the provisions of this subsection on the day of the lowest balance concerned;
and
(ii) the a ~ o u n t that was the lowest balance in his trust bank account on any day during the last preceding year or, where he maintains more than one trust bank account, regate on any day during the last preceding year of the balances in his trust bank accounts, excludin any accounts that were maintained for the exclusiv benefit of a specific person or specific persons.
( 2 ~ ) Where in order to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section in respect of any year after the first year a solicitor is required to deposit with the Society a sum additional to the amount standing upon deposit by the solicitor with the society during the last preceding year in compliance with the said subsection, the solicitor shall be deemed to have complied with the said provisions if the additional sum is deposited with the Society within twenty days after the first day of January in the year in question.
( 2 ~ ) A solicitor is deemed to have complied with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section if the sum deposited and kept deposited with the Society is not less than the sum in even hundreds of dollars next below the sum that is the minimum sum that he is required to deposit and keep deposited with the Society in order to comply with the said subsection.
(2c) If at any time during the relevant year two-thirds of the (a) the amount (if any) standing upon deposit by the solicitor
with the Society in accordance with subsection (2); and (b) the balance in his trust bank account or, where he maintains
more than one trust bank account, the a ~ r e g a t e of the balances in his trust bank accounts, excluding any accounts that were maintained for the exclusive benefit of a specific person or specific persons,
is less than the sum that is the minimum sum that the solicitor is required to deposit and keep deposited with the Society in order to comply with the provisions of subsection ( 2 ) , the solicitor is deemed, in relation to the relevant year, to have complied with those provisions if-
(e) until that condition ceases; or
(d) until, on each of thirty consecutive days, two-thirds of the a ~ r e g a t e of the amount and balance, or balances, specified in paragraphs (a} or (b) equals or exceeds the sum that the
s. 10 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965-1981 s.10 5
solicitor is required to deposit and keep deposited with the Society in order to comply with the provisions of the said subsection,
whichever last occurs, the SUM deposited and kept deposited by the solicitor with the Society is a sum that is not less than two~thirds of the a ~ e g a t e of-
(e) the amount {if any) standing upon deposit by the solicitor with the Society in accordance with subsection (2) on the day of the lowest balance, or lowest aggregate of balances, concerned; and
(0
the amount that was the lowest balance in his trust bank account on any day during the period of thirty days ending on the day in question or, where he maintains more than one trust bank account, the lowest a g ~ e g a t e on any &ay during that period of the balances in his trust bank accounts, exc~uding any accounts that were maintained for the exclusive benefit of a specific person or specific persons.(3) (a) The Council of the Society, for such reason as it considers s u ~ c i e n t and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, may at any time cause to be repaid all or any part of the moneys deposited by a solicitor pursuant to this section to-
(i} him; or
(ii} at any time when, in relation to the moneys in the trust bank account or trust bank accounts in question, another person is trustee, such trustee,
and the Guarantee Fund shall guarantee such repayment.
(b) All ~ o n e y s repaid under this subsection by the Society to a solicitor or trustee shall be paid by him into a bank c a ~ i n g on business in Queensland to a trust bank account maintained by him pursuant to the pro~isions of the Trust Accounts Act 1973-1974 and may be dealt with as if such moneys had not been withdrawn from a trust bank account of the solicitor.
(4) Pending re~ayment under subsection (3), moneys deposited by a solicitor with the Society pursuant to this section shall be invested by the Society-
(a) in securities of or guaranteed by the Government of the C o m m o n ~ e a l t ~ or the State;
(b) with or on deposit with a bank or in securities of, guaranteed by, or accepted by a bank;
(e> with any authorised dealer in the short term money market with established lines of credit with the Reserve Bank of Australia as a lender of last resort; or
(d) in such other securities as are approved by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Treasurer.
6 s. 10 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965- 195 1 s, 10
( 5 ) Amounts of interest accruing at any time and from time to time in respect of moneys so invested shall be apportioned and paid as follows:-
(a) to the Society-so much of those amounts as will reimburse the Society for its costs and expenses incurred (and not previously reimbursed) in administering this section;
(b) the balance of those amounts-
(1) to and into the Legal Aid Fund-fifty per centum thereoc (ii) to and into the Guarantee Fund-the remainder or so much thereof as will raise and keep that fund credited to the prescribed amount;
(c) any balance of any such amounts remaining after the apportionments and payments required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection have been made shall be paid to the Legal Aid Fund.
In this subsection the expression “the prescribed amount” means
$3000000 on and after the date of commencement of the Legal Assistance Act A m e ~ d m e n t Act 198 1.
(6) The ~ o v e ~ o r in Council may from time to time by Order in Council alter the apportionment of the interest accruing in respect of moneys invested pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, and may for that purpose increase or decrease the rcentage of that interest required by subsection (5) of this section t e paid to the Fund,
Subsection ( 5 ) of this section shall be read with and subject to any such Order in Council.
(7) The Society shall keep and maintain accounts‘ of all moneys deposited with the Society by solicitors pursuant to the provisions of this section separate from all other accounts of the Society and those accounts shall be kept and maintained in such a manner as to disclose the true position in regard thereto and to enable the ac~ounts to be con~enient~y and properly audited.
Such separate accounts shall be regularly and fully audited at the expense of the Guarantee Fund by a public accountant within the
of and registered under the P ~A c ~ o ~ ~ ~ a ~ t s ~ ~ R e ~ i s t ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ i ~ -1975, appointed by the Society arid at least once in each half-
year an audited balance-sheet shall be laid before the Council of the ociety and a copy thereof lodged with the Minister and the Commission respectively,
(8) If at any time during the relevant year the lowest balance in the trust bank account or trust bank accounts of a solicitor together with the amount (if any) then deposited with the Society by the solicitor
amount^ to less than three thousand dollars the obligations imposed on the solicitor by subsection (2) of this section shall not apply so long as that condition continues.
s. 11 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965- 198 1 s.31 7
(9) No action at law or in e ~ u i t y shall lie against any solicitor for or on account of any matter or thing whatsoever done by him or it for the purpose of complying with -the provisions of this section.
{IO) Nothing in this section contained or implied shall affect in any way-
(a) the rights and remedies of the several claimants as a ~ a i ~ s t the solicitor or inter se in the event of any stealing, fraudulent misapprop~ation, failure to aGcount, or other act Gommitte in respect of trust moneys; or
(b) the obligation imposed upon any person under or pursuant to the ~ u ~ ~ n ~ l u ~ d Law ~ u c ~ ~ t ~ Act 1952-197~ to make any payment whether by way of contribution or levy, to the Guarantee Fund.
As amended by Act o f 1970, No. 46, s, 3 (as from 1 January 1971); Act of 1975, No. 6, s. 2; Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.; Act of 1979, No. 17, s. 10; Act of 1981, No. 71, s. 2.
Section 3 (21, ( 3 ) of Act of 1970, No. 46, reads as follows:---
“(2) Nothwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 10 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, that subsection shall apply in relation to a solicitor who immedia~ely before the cornin into operation of this section was required pursuant to subsection (2) of section 10 o t t h e Principal Act to keep deposited with the Society the sum prescribed in his regard by that subsection, as if-
(a) the year commencin~ on the commencing date was not the first year but was (b) the expression “(as then in force)’’ were inserted in subparagraph (i) o f the (3) A solicitor who, on the coming into operation of this section, is required to comply with subsection (2) of section 10 o f the L e g ~ ~ ~ s ~ ~ ~ s t ~ ~ c e . k t 1965-1970 and who, immediately before that coming into operation, was required, pursuant to section 10 of the Principal Act, to keep deposited with the Society the sum prescribed in his regard by subsection (2) of the lastmentioned section shall, until he first complies with subsection
!zf’
o f the ~ rst men t~o ned section, keep deposited with the Society in terms of section 10 o the Principal Act the sum that but for the amendment of that section by this Act he would have been required to keep so deposited and, for the purposes of this subsection, section I O of the Principal Act shall be deemed to apply as if this Act had not been enacted.”a year to which paragraph (c) of the firstnientioned subsection applies; and said para~raph (c), after the words “this ~ubsection”.
Repealed by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 ( I )
s. No matter or thi done by the ster or by any person acting with the authority o e ~ i n i § t e r , or by the Society, or by any member or officer or emplo ee of the this Act or in the execution of his or its powers and duties under this Act, shall subject the Grown, or the Minister, or the Society, member, officer, employee or person to any ~iability in respect thereof,
ts. Subject to subsection (1) of this section nothing done in this Act and no proceedings taken under this Act against any person shall in any way i n t e ~ e r e with any right or remedy by civil or criminal proceedings or process which any person aggrieved might have had had this Act not been passed.
ociety in good faith and without negligence for the purpose o
fy
executingAs amended by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 ( I ) Sch.
8 s.32 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965-198 I f. 34
32, ~ u ~ ~ a r y ~ r o c ~ e ~ i ~ ~ s , e. ( I ) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an ofEence against this Act,
(2) Except where otherwise provide all offences against this Act
may be prosecuted in a summary way under the ~ ~ ~1886-1977. t z c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (3) A prosecution for an offence against this Act may be instituted
at any time within twelve months after the commission of the offence or within twelve months after the commission of the offence comes to the knowledge of the complainant, whichever is the later period.
(4) Without prejudice to any other right or remedy, all moneys recoverable by the commission may be recovered as a debt by action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
As amended by Act of 1978, No. 23. s. 4 ( 1 ) Sch.
e ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ s , A person guilty of an offence against any provision of this Act shall be liable, if no specific penalty is provided for that ofEence, to a fine not exceeding $200 or to imp~sonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
As amended by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.
e. (1) The Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations provi~ing for all or any purposes, whether general or to meet particular cases, that are c o n v e ~ i e n t for the administration of this Act or that are n e c e s s a ~ or expedient for carrying out the objects and purposes of this Act, or for preventing abuses hereof, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection providing for all or any of the purposes, matters, and things specified in the Schedule to this Act.
(2) The power to make with respect to any persons or any matters or things whatsoever, any regulation under this Act shall include power to make that regulation so that it may be of general or specially limited application according to time, place, purposes, class, description or circumstances, or otherwise as is prescribed, and so that any regulation of specially limited application may or may not differ from any other regulation or specially limited application with respect to the same persons, ma~ters or things.
The power to' make re~ulations with respect to any matter or thing shall include power to make regulations prohibiting that matter or thing either g e n e r ~ ~ y or to meet pa~icu lar cases.
As amended by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 ( I ) Sch.
s. 35 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1965- 198 1 Sch. ell. 1-5 9
35. ~ ~ b l i c a ~ ~ Q n of ers in ~ o ~ n c i l , ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 a t i Q n s and notifications. (1) Every Proclamation, Order in Council, regulation
or notification made under this Act shall- be pub~ished in the Gazette;
upon its pub~ication in the G ~ ~ e ~ ~ e , be judicially noticed and such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained therein;
take effect from the date of such publication unless, in the case of any regulation a later date is specified in that or any other regulation for its comme~cement when in such event it shall take effect from that later date;
be laid before the Legislative Assembly within fourteen sitting days after such gublicatio~, if the Legislative Assembly is in session, and if not, then within f o u ~ e e n sitting days after the co~mencement of the next session.
(2) If the Legislative Assembly passes a resolution of which notice has been given at any time within fourteen sitting days after any such Proclamation, Order in Council, regulation or n o t i ~ c a t i o ~ has been laid before it disa~lowin~ the same or part thereof, that Proc~amation, Order in Council, regulation, notification or part thereof shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the validity of anything done in the meantime or to the making of a further Proclamation, Order in Council, regulation or not~~cat io n .
As amended by act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.
SUBJECT-MATTERS FOR REGULATIONS
egealed),
Repealed by Act of 1978, No, 23, s. 4 ( I ) Sch.
~ c c o ~ n ~ s ~ Prescribing any matters and things necessary respect to the depositing with the Society of moneys from trust bank accounts of solicitors and the repayment of such moneys by the Society to solicitors; p r o ~ i ~ i n g for the furnishi~g as prescribed of certificates of compliance with respect to the degos~ting by solicitors of moneys in accordance with section ten of this Act and prescribing the persons to and by whom and the times and occasions when such c e ~ ~ ~ c a t e s shall be furnished; prescribing any matters and things in re~ation to the guaranteeing of those re~ayments by the ~ u a r a n t ~ e Fund.
~ ~ s ~ ~ e n ~ s ~ Prescribing any matters and things necessary or desi with respect to the investing of moneys under this Act.
rescribing the accounts required to be kept in relation to the moneys received by the Society and the omm mission for the
10 Sch. cl. 6 LEGAL ASSISTASCE ACT 1965-1 98 1 Sch. cl. 12
purposes of this Act and prescribing, regulating and controlling the mode of keep and ~ a i n t a i n ~ n g those accounts and m a ~ i ~ g such provision as m e n e c e s s a ~ or desirable with respect to the inspection, examination and audit of all or any of those accounts,
As amended by Act of 1978, No. 2 3 , s. 4 (1) Sch.
.
(Repealed).ed by Act of 1978, No. 23, s. 4 (1) Sch.
of. The mode and onus of proof required to be P the purposes of this Act and for facili~ating such prooc for the purposes of any proceedings under this Act dispensing with proof of any formal matters as to handwriting or documents or of authority.
s. ~ r e s ~ r i ~ i n g
and for the purposes of thi and the respective ~ u ~ o s e s for which such~forms shall be used and specify in^ any information required to be contained in such forms.
s including registers and reco
64955-By Authority: S. R. HAMPSON, Government Printer. Queensland
Acr-
administr~tion of s 4
airangement o f 2
commencement of 1 12)
limitation of aclion i c execution o f 3 1 11)
if proceedings taken under, and saving o f ciril rights 31 ( 2 )
~ r r a i ~ g e m e n t o f Act 2
Balance-
meaning of term
rc lowest, is less than $3,000 and effect of s 10 ( 2 )
sum deposited with Society by Solicitor, generall) 10 (2B) ( 2 1 ) Bank-
meaning of Ierm
Civil rights-
Coinmencement of Act
saving of. re proceedings taken under Act
Commencing date- meaning of term
re solicitor to dcsposi: wiih Society a'sum Commission-
copy o f audited balance-sheet to be lodged with meaning of tern . . . Society to pay interest moneys ~ e e o " e ~ a b 1 e . b ~ to . . ., , .. ., . . .. ., . . .
. . 31 ( 2 ) . . .
I ( 2 ) . . .
. . , . . 10 (7) . , , . .
. . . 32 ( 4 ) . . . .
. . . 9 ( 1 ) . . ' .
. . . 3 . ' . '
Deuosit wiih-
n ~ e a n i n ~ of term 10 ( I ) . ,
~ o ~ i c i t o r SMI. Society SUA initially , 1 I O ( 2 ) (a) . . Solicitor shall keep, Societv sum for following w a r s . . 10 ( 3 ic) Soliciior shall keep, Socier; sun1 for :he first y e a r . . I O ( 2 ) (b) . . ahere solicitor is required to. Society a sum additional to the
:
, .
dcposit for thc first year . . . . . . 10 ( 2 i )
Page
2 2 1 7 1 2
3 6 4
3
1 1
3 3
6 2 8 2
3 4 3 3 4
12 INDEX
F
First >ear- meaning of term Fund or Legal Aid Fund-
interest accrued shall be paid to, by the Society meaning of term
G
Gobernor in Council-
ma) b) Older in Council alter apportionment of interest ma) make regulations
Guarantee Fund-
meaning of term . . . . . . re obligations imposed pursuant to Queensland i u ’ w Society Acf
1952-1974 . . . shall bear expense of audit of accounts
shall guarantee repayment of moneys deposited, to Solicitor . . . . .
Legislative .AssembI!-
may pass resolution disallowing proclamations. Orders in Council proclamations. Orders in Council etc.. to etc. be laid before Limitation of .Actions-
no liabilit! re execution of .Act . .
Meaning of terms-
balance for the purposes of s 10 bank for the purposes of s I 0
commencing date. for the purposes of s I O Commission
deposit wilh for the purposes of s I O first >ear for the purposes of s I O
“Fund” oi “Legal Aid Fund”
Guarantee Fund Minister Pan Socierb
Solicitor for the purposes of s 10 trust bank account for the purposes of s I O bear for t i i t purposes of s I O
Minister-
Act administered by . . . .
copy of audited ba1ance:sheet’to be lodged’with . .
meaning of term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
N
Notification-
rc cessation of effect of to be published
s. 10 ( 1 )
3
10 ( I O ) (b). . . 1 0 ( 7 ) . . . . . . 10 (3) (a) . . . .
10 ( I ) . .
1; rt;
4 . . .
I O ( 7 ) . . . .
3 . . . . . .
Page
3
6 2
6 8
2 7 6 5
9 9
7
2 6 2
9 9
INDEX 13
Offence- generally
guilty of. under this Act prosecution for an Order I n Council-
I’P cessation of effect to be published
Part-
meaning of term Penalty. See Offence.
Proclaniation-
re cessation of effect to be uublished
Regulations-
Governor in Council may make re cessation of effect
subject matter for-
, ,
accounts . . , . . , , , . facilitation of proof. . , , ,
forms . . . . , , . . . . . . ,
investments , . . , , , ,
trust bank accounts to be published . , , . . . ,
8
P
s
Short t i t l e of Act . .
Society-
Council of, may cause to be repaid moneys deposited . . . . . . Governor in Council may alter apportionment of interest . . interest accrued from moneys deposited by solicitor to a, shall be
apportioned and paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
meaning of term . . . . . .
moneys deposited by’a solicitor shall.de invested by . . . . . . re administration of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shall keep and maintain accounts of all moneys . . . . . . . . sum to be kept deposited with, by solicitor during’first year . . sum to be kept deposited with, by solicitor for following years . . to pay to Commission interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . where solicitor required to deposit with, a sum additional to . . where solicitor deemed to have complied with depositing sum sum to be deposited with, by solicitor . . . . . . . .
with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . Solicitor-
deemed to have complied with depositing sum . . . . . . . . meaning ofterm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . moneys deposited by, to society shall be invested . . . . . . . no action in law or equity shall lie against, for the purposes of s. I O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . re rights and remedies of claimant as against . . . . . . . . . shall out of moneys in his trust bank account . . . . . . .
“deposit with” the society a sum . . . . . . . . . keep deposited a sum during following years . . . . .
The Council of the Society may cause moneys to be repaid to . . where. required to deposit with Society a sum additional to the keep deposited a sum for the first year . . . . .
deposit for the first year , , , . . . . .
3
34 . . . . . . 35 (2) . . . . . Sch. cl. 5 . . , , , .
11 . . .
12 . . . . . . .
4 . . .
3 . . .
s. 35 (I) . . . .
10 (3) . . . . . . . IO (6). . . . . . . . I O ( 5 ) . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . .
10 (4). . . . . . . . 4
I O ( 7 ) . . . . . . . . 10 (2) (a) . . . . . . 10 (2) (b) . . . . . . 10 (2) (c) . . . . . . 9 ( I ) . . . . . . . 10 (2A) . . . . . .
10 (ZB), ( 2 C ) . . . l O ( l ) . . . . . I O (4) . . . . . l O ( 9 ) . . . . . .
I O (10) ( a ) . . . I O (2) . . . . I O (2) (a) . . 10 ( 3 ) . . . 10 ( 2 4 . .
1; {;I I?)
. .: :
Page
8 8 8
9 9
2
9 9
8 9 I O 9 I O 9 9 9
1
5 6 6
4 2 4 4
4 3 5 7 7 3 3 4 3 5 4
14 INDEX
\
Trust bank account-
every solicitor, shall out of' moneys in his . . s, l O { Z ) . . keep deposited for following years . . 10 ( 2 ) (c)
keep deposited for the first year . . . . . 10 ( 2 ) ib) . . m e a ~ i n g of term . . . . . . . . . . . 10 (1)
deposit with the Society initially, . 10 ( 2 ) (a) . . . . .
Page
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