reg 5

Practising certificate fees from 1 July 2018

In force

(1)

This regulation applies to the following financial years—

(a)

1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019;

(b)

1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020;

(c)

1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021;

(d)

1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022;

(e)

1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

(f)

1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024;

(g)

1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025;

(h)

1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026;

(i)

1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027;

(j)

1 July 2027 to 30 June 2028.

(2)

For the purposes of section 73(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, the prescribed fee for an Australian practising certificate for a financial year to which this regulation applies is—

(a) for a practising certificate for a principal of a law practice that is a community legal service, 15·47 fee units;

(b)

for a practising certificate for a principal of any other law practice which authorises the holder to receive trust money, 43·04 fee units;

(c)

for a practising certificate for a principal of any other law practice which does not authorise the holder to receive trust money, 30·03 fee units;

(d)

for a practising certificate for an employee of a law practice that is a community legal service, 15·47 fee units;

(e)

for a practising certificate for an employee of any other law practice, 28·06 fee units;

(f)

for a practising certificate for a corporate legal practitioner, 16·88 fee units;

(g)

for a practising certificate for a government legal practitioner, 15·47 fee units;

(h)

for a practising certificate for a barrister, 24·33 fee units.

(3)

Despite subregulation (2), if an Australian practising certificate is only to be in force for part of a financial year, the fee for that practising certificate is—

(a) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 1 July and 30 September—the relevant prescribed fee;

(b) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 1 October and 31 December—75% of the relevant prescribed fee;

(c) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 1 January and 31 March—50% of the relevant prescribed fee;

(d) in the case of a practising certificate that is to take effect between 1 April and 30 June—25% of the relevant prescribed fee.

(4)

A fee under subregulation (3)(b), (c) or (d) must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

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