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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Preliminary provisions

13: Unsatisfactory conduct defined in relation to conveyancing practitioners and incorporated conveyancing firms

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"What is unsatisfactory conduct by conveyancing practitioners and firms?"

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You need to know what unsatisfactory conduct means for conveyancing practitioners and firms. It refers to conduct that is not up to the standard of competence and diligence you expect from them. This can happen when they provide regulated services. You can think of it as conduct that falls short of what you would expect from a competent conveyancing practitioner. It can also be conduct that other conveyancing practitioners think is unacceptable. This includes conduct that is unprofessional or unbecoming. It can also mean breaking the rules of the Act or other laws related to providing regulated services. Or it can mean failing to follow conditions on a practising certificate, as stated in the section 8 of the Act. This helps you understand what unsatisfactory conduct is in relation to conveyancing practitioners and firms.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

13Unsatisfactory conduct defined in relation to conveyancing practitioners and incorporated conveyancing firms

  1. In this Act, unsatisfactory conduct, in relation to a conveyancing practitioner or an incorporated conveyancing firm, means—

  2. conduct of the conveyancing practitioner or incorporated conveyancing firm that occurs at a time when he or she or it is providing regulated services and is conduct that falls short of the standard of competence and diligence that a member of the public is entitled to expect of a reasonably competent conveyancing practitioner; or
    1. conduct of the conveyancing practitioner or incorporated conveyancing firm that occurs at a time when he or she or it is providing regulated services and is conduct that would be regarded by conveyancing practitioners of good standing as being unacceptable, including—
      1. conduct unbecoming a conveyancing practitioner or an incorporated conveyancing firm; or
        1. unprofessional conduct; or
        2. conduct consisting of a contravention of this Act, or of any regulations or practice rules made under this Act that apply to the conveyancing practitioner or incorporated conveyancing firm, or of any other Act relating to the provision of regulated services (not being a contravention that amounts to misconduct under section 8); or
          1. conduct consisting of a failure on the part of the conveyancing practitioner, or, in the case of an incorporated conveyancing firm, on the part of a conveyancing practitioner who is actively involved in the provision by the incorporated conveyancing firm of regulated services, to comply with a condition or restriction to which a practising certificate held by the conveyancing practitioner, or the conveyancing practitioner so actively involved, is subject (not being a failure that amounts to misconduct under section 8).