Subject matter of legal profession rules
691 Subject matter of legal profession rules
(1) Legal profession rules for Australian legal practitioners or Australian-registered foreign lawyers may make provision for or with respect to any aspect of legal practice, including standards of conduct expected of practitioners or lawyers to whom the rules apply.
(2) The power to make rules is not limited to any matters for which this Act specifically authorises the making of legal profession rules.
(3) Legal profession rules may regulate advertising by legal practitioners, including regulating advertising it considers:
is false, misleading or deceptive; or
may bring the administration of justice into disrepute; or
(c) may encourage persons to engage in legal proceedings that lack merit.
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