Section A1 — Interpretation — Legal Practitioners Act 1981 (South Australia) — Barrister AI

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Section A1 — Interpretation — Legal Practitioners Act 1981 (South Australia) — Barrister AI

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s A1Interpretation s 1Nature of incorporated legal practice s 2Prohibition of non‑legal services and businesses s 3Corporations eligible to be incorporated legal practice s 3AIncorporated legal practices may practise in partnership s 4Notice of intention to start providing legal services s 4ANotice to be given by incorporated legal practice of intention to practise in partnership s 5Notice to be given by companies that were formerly legal practitioners s 5ANotice to be given by incorporated legal practice providing legal services in partnership s 6Prohibition on representations that corporation is incorporated legal practice s 7Notice of termination of provision of legal services s 8Incorporated legal practice must have legal practitioner director s 9Obligations of legal practitioner director relating to misconduct s 10Incorporated legal practice without legal practitioner director s 11Obligations and privileges of practitioners who are officers or employees s 12Professional indemnity insurance s 13Conflicts of interest s 14Application of legal profession rules s 15Requirements relating to advertising s 16Extension of vicarious liability relating to failure to account, pay or deliver and dishonesty to incorporated legal practices s 17Sharing of receipts, revenue or other income s 18Disqualified persons s 19Audit of incorporated legal practice s 20Application of Schedule 4 (Investigatory powers)s 21Banning of incorporated legal practices s 22Disqualification from managing incorporated legal practice s 23Disclosure of information to Australian Securities and Investments Commission s 24External administration proceedings under Corporations Act 2001 s 25External administration proceedings under other legislation s 26Cooperation between courts s 27Relationship of Act to constitution of incorporated legal practice s 28Relationship of Act to legislation establishing incorporated legal practice s 29Relationship of Act to Corporations legislation s 30Undue influence s 31Obligations of individual practitioners not affected s 32Regulations

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