Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act (No 2) 2012
Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act (No 2) 2012
| Public Act | 2012 No 105 |
| Date of assent | 11 December 2012 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act (No 2) 2012.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.
4 Levy
Section 217(2)(a) is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
and substituting“each Deputy”
.
5 Schedule 3 amended
Sections 6 to 10 amend Schedule 3.
Amendments to Schedule 3
6 Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer
-
(1) The heading to clause 3 is amended by omitting
“Officer”
and substituting“Officers”
.(2) Clause 3(1) is amended by omitting
“a deputy”
and substituting“2 deputies”
.(3) Clause 3(2) is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
and substituting“a Deputy”
.(4) Clause 3 is amended by repealing subclause (3) and substituting the following subclause:
“(3) Each Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer is to be appointed in the same manner as the Legal Complaints Review Officer, and sections 190 and 191 and clauses 1 and 2 apply to a Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer in the same manner as they apply to the Legal Complaints Review Officer.”
(5) Clause 3(4) is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
and substituting“each Deputy”
.(6) Clause 3(5) is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
and substituting“a Deputy”
.
7 Remuneration and allowances
Clause 4 is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
in each place where it appears and substituting in each case“each Deputy”
.
8 Accommodation and services
-
(1) Clause 5(1) is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
and substituting“each Deputy”
.(2) Clause 5(2) is amended by omitting
“the Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer or both”
and substituting“a Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer”
.
9 Disclosure of information
Clause 10(1)(a) is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
and substituting“a Deputy”
.
10 Legal Complaints Review Officer not personally liable
Clause 11 is amended by omitting
“the Deputy”
and substituting“a Deputy”
.
Legislative history | |
|---|---|
| 5 December 2012 | Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3) (Bill 349–2) by committee of the whole House, third reading |
| 11 December 2012 | Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.