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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Restrictions on provision of legal services and conveyancing services - Appointment of agent to conduct sole practice or act as board of incorporated firm

44: Practitioners to whom Schedule 1 applies

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"Lawyers and conveyancers working alone in New Zealand"

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You are a lawyer or conveyancing practitioner. Schedule 1 applies to you if you are working alone in New Zealand. This includes lawyers who work by themselves and conveyancing practitioners who work by themselves. You are also covered by Schedule 1 if you are the only director of a law firm or conveyancing firm. Some rules do not apply if you are working under certain sections of the law, such as section 30(2) or section 37(2). These rules explain who Schedule 1 applies to. You need to know what type of practitioner you are to see if Schedule 1 applies to you.

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Appointment of agent to conduct sole practice or act as board of incorporated firm

44Practitioners to whom Schedule 1 applies

  1. Schedule 1 applies to—

  2. every lawyer who holds a practising certificate as a barrister and solicitor and who is providing legal services in New Zealand on his or her own account without partners:
    1. every lawyer who is the only director of an incorporated law firm:
      1. every conveyancing practitioner who is providing conveyancing services in New Zealand on his or her own account without partners:
        1. every conveyancing practitioner who is the only director of an incorporated conveyancing firm.

          1. For the purposes of this section, a practitioner does not practise on his or her own account without partners only by reason of the application to that practitioner of section 30(2) or section 37(2).

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