Legal Profession Act 2007

An incorporated legal practice is guilty of an offence if a person who is a disqualified person – is an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice (whether or not the person provides legal services) or is an officer or employee of a related body corporate; or is a partner of the incorporated legal practice in a business that includes the provision of legal services; or shares the receipts, revenue or other income arising from the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice; or is engaged or paid in connection with the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice. Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

The failure of a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice to ensure that the practice complies with subsection (1) is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.