Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner

In force

(1)

There will be a Legal Profession Conduct

Commissioner.

(2)

The Commissioner will be appointed by the Governor, following consultation about the appointment by the Attorney‑General with the

Society and the South Australian Bar Association Incorporated, and is an agency of the Crown.

(3)

Although a person appointed as Legal Profession Conduct

Commissioner need not be a legal practitioner, the Commissioner must be a person who, in the opinion of the Attorney‑General—

(a)

is familiar with the nature of the legal system and legal practice;

and

(b)

possesses sufficient qualities of independence, fairness and integrity.

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