AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act
(No. 2) 1991
No. 60 of 1991
	
An Act to amend the Legal Practitioners Act 1970
[Notified in ACT Gazette S117:  29 October 1991]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1991.
Commencement
2.  This Act commences on the day on which the Government Solicitor (Amendment) Act 1991 commences.
Principal Act
3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Legal Practitioners Act 1970.1

Interpretation
4.  Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by omitting the definition of “Government Law Office”; and
	(b)	by inserting the following definition:
“ ‘relevant administrative unit’ means the administrative unit of the Public Service to which the Chief Minister has, under paragraph 6 (2) (b) of the Public Service Act 1989, allocated responsibility for the Government Solicitor Act 1989;”.
Limitations on issue of unrestricted practising certificates
5.  Section 15E of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subparagraph (1) (a) (iii) “Government Law Office” and substituting “relevant administrative unit”.
Preparation of papers relating to an application for probate
6.  Section 124 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (2) (c) “Government Law Office” and substituting “relevant administrative unit”.
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NOTE
1.	Ordinance No. 43, 1970 as amended by No. 51, 1970; No. 9, 1971; No. 4, 1972; No. 2, 1973; No. 5, 1974; Nos. 1, 9, 22 and 45, 1975; Nos. 28 and 68, 1976; Nos. 20, 55 and 62, 1977; Nos. 8 and 46, 1978; Nos. 20 and 40, 1979; No. 16, 1980; No. 38, 1982; Nos. 61 and 62, 1983; Nos. 9 and 29, 1985; Nos. 7, 79 and 82, 1986; No. 21, 1987; No. 52, 1988; Nos. 21, 25, 36 and 38, 1989; Nos. 3, 5 and 11, 1990; Act No. 37, 1991.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 19 September 1991]

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