Australian Capital Territory
Civil Law (Wrongs) Victorian Bar Inc Scheme Amendment 2012 (No1)
Disallowable instrument DI2012–20
made under the  
Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002, section 4.10, schedule 4 (Approval of schemes by Minister) and section 4.11, schedule 4 (Amendment and revocation of schemes)

1         Name of instrument
This instrument is the Civil Law (Wrongs) Victorian Bar Inc Scheme Amendment 2012 (No1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is notified, despite anything to the contrary contained in the attached Instrument Amending the Victorian Bar Association Scheme.
3	Approved amendments to scheme
	Pursuant to section 4.10 and section 4.11, schedule 4 of the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 I approve the attached Instrument Amending the Victorian Bar Inc Scheme.

Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney-General
21 February 2012

Professional Standards Act 2003 (Vic)

INSTRUMENT AMENDING THE
VICTORIAN BAR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS SCHEME

PREAMBLE

A. The Victorian Bar Inc is an occupational association;

B. The Victorian Bar Professional Standards Scheme (the Scheme) commenced on 1 July 2008;

C. The Scheme was amended by instrument gazetted on 11 March 2010;

D. This instrument of amendment is prepared, pursuant to section 18 of the Professional Standards Act 2003 (Vic) by Victorian Bar Inc for the purpose of further amending the Victorian Bar Professional Standards Scheme.

AMENDMENT TO THE SCHEME

1. This instrument has been prepared under the Professional Standards Act 2003 (Vic) (the Act) by the Victorian Bar Inc whose registered address is 205 William Street Melbourne and amends the Victorian Bar Professional Standards Scheme as follows:

(a) In recital E, by substituting “1,846” for “1,805”;

(b) In recital H:

(i)	by deleting the word “all” before the words “civil liability arising”;

(ii)	(ii) by substituting for the last sentence the following – “However the scheme does not apply to liability for damages arising from any matter to which the Act does not apply”;

(c) In clause 8(1), by inserting after “Queensland,” – “South Australia,      Western Australia”.

COMMENCEMENT

2. The amendment shall commence in a State or Territory on the date which is 2 months after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette of that State or Territory.