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Amendment Act

Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2016

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Legal Profession (Amendment)

Act 2016.

s 2Amendment of section 103e

The Legal Profession Act 1976 [Act 166] is amended in paragraph 103e(1)(b) by substituting for the words “subsection 100(7) or (8)” the words “subsection 100(7), (8) or (15)”.

Position of the Chairman and members of the Disciplinary

(1)

Notwithstanding subsection 21(1) of the Legal Profession

(Amendment) Act 2012 [Act A1444], the Chairman of the Disciplinary

Board appointed from 17 February 2013 to 16 February 2015

shall be deemed to have been duly appointed.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection 21(1) of the Legal Profession

(Amendment) Act 2012, the members of the Disciplinary

Board appointed from 5 July 2013 to 4 July 2015 shall be deemed to have been duly appointed.

(3)

Any act, action taken or decision made by the Chairman or members of the Disciplinary Board during their appointment periods mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) shall not be questioned or invalidated by reason only of the appointment or the terms of office of the Chairman and members of the Disciplinary Board.

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