Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 - SECT 579

579 .         Rules for incorporated legal practices and multi-disciplinary partnerships

        (1)         The Board 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 legal profession rules under this section.