Regulation

Acts and Regulations

Free up to date electronic copies of legislation regulating the legal profession in Victoria can be accessed from the links below. Print copies of some legislation can be purchased from the LIV Bookshop. For information about superseded legislation, please contact the LIV Library.

Legislation

• Legal Profession Act 2004 (incorporating amendments as at 01 July 2010) (pdf)
  • General information relating to the introduction of the Legal Profession Act 2004 on 12 December 2005
• Legal Profession Regulations 2005 (incorporating amendments as at 23 October 2008) (pdf)
• Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2008 (effective 1 July 2008) (pdf)
• Legal Profession (Practising Certificate Fees) Regulations 2007 (pdf)
• Legal Profession (Board Election) Regulations 2006 (These Regulations were revoked on 9 May 2007 by regulation 19 of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Regulations 2007)

Current Rules

• Law Institute of Victoria Trust Account Practice Rules 2003 (current trust account regulations can be found in part 3.3 of the Legal Profession Regulations 2005) (pdf)
• Law Institute of Victoria Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 2005 (incorporating amendments as of 30 September 2005) (pdf)
• Law Institute of Victoria Managed Mortgage Rules 2000 (pdf)
• Continuing Professional Development Rules 2008 (rules of the Legal Services Board, effective 1 April 2008) (pdf)
• Law Institute Continuing Professional Development Rules 2008 (professional association CPD rules as defined in the Legal Services Board Continuing Professional Development Rules 2008, effective 1 April 2008) (pdf)
• Explanatory Notes to the Law Institute CPD Rules 2008 (pdf)

Draft Rules

• Law Council of Australia – Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules (Version 21 June 2011) (pdf)

Previous CPD rules:

• Continuing Professional Development Rules 2007 (CPD Rules 2007) (operational from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008) (pdf)
• CPD Rules 2007 Explanatory Notes (pdf)
• Policies developed by the LIV CPD Committee to clarify the CPD Rules 2007 (pdf)