26. Licensing of law corporation

An application under section 153(1) of the Act for the issue of a law corporation licence, and the approval of the name or proposed name of a law corporation, must be made in such form as the Director of Legal Services may require and must be accompanied by —

such documents, particulars and information as the Director of Legal Services may require; and

the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule.

The Director of Legal Services may, in the interests of the legal profession or the public, reject the application.

If, at any time after a law corporation licence is issued under section 153(3) of the Act, the Director of Legal Services is satisfied that the application for the licence, or any certificate or other document accompanying that application, contains any substantially false statement or a suppression of any material fact, or that any such certificate or document was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, the Director of Legal Services may cancel the licence.

For the purposes of section 153(4) of the Act, a law corporation licence issued to a law corporation is subject to the condition that the law corporation satisfies all general threshold requirements and all profit threshold requirements so long as the licence is in force.

The prescribed date for the purposes of section 153(7) and (9) of the Act is 18 November 2015.

An application under section 153(1) of the Act for the issue of a law corporation licence, and the approval of the name or proposed name of a law corporation, must be made in such form as the Director of Legal Services may require and must be accompanied by —

such documents, particulars and information as the Director of Legal Services may require; and

the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule.

The Director of Legal Services may, in the interests of the legal profession or the public, reject the application.

If, at any time after a law corporation licence is issued under section 153(3) of the Act, the Director of Legal Services is satisfied that the application for the licence, or any certificate or other document accompanying that application, contains any substantially false statement or a suppression of any material fact, or that any such certificate or document was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, the Director of Legal Services may cancel the licence.

For the purposes of section 153(4) of the Act, a law corporation licence issued to a law corporation is subject to the condition that the law corporation satisfies all general threshold requirements and all profit threshold requirements so long as the licence is in force.

The prescribed date for the purposes of section 153(7) and (9) of the Act is 18 November 2015.