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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Preliminary provisions

14: Unsatisfactory conduct defined in relation to employees who are not practitioners

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You work for a lawyer or a company that does legal work. If you do something wrong at work, it is called unsatisfactory conduct. This means you did something that a lawyer should not do, as stated in section 12 or section 13. You also do something wrong if you break this Act, or any rules made under it that apply to you. This includes breaking other laws about providing legal services, unless it is already considered misconduct under section 11.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

14Unsatisfactory conduct defined in relation to employees who are not practitioners

  1. In this Act, unsatisfactory conduct, in relation to a person who is not a practitioner but who is an employee of a practitioner or an incorporated firm,—

  2. means conduct of the person in the course of his or her employment by the practitioner or incorporated firm that would, if it were conduct of a practitioner, be unsatisfactory conduct under section 12 or section 13; and
    1. includes conduct consisting of a contravention of this Act, or of any regulations or practice rules made under this Act that apply to the person, or of any other Act relating to the provision of regulated services (not being a contravention that amounts to misconduct under section 11).