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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

New Zealand Law Society - Powers

68: Representative powers

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"The Law Society's power to support and represent lawyers"

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The New Zealand Law Society has the power to do what is necessary to represent lawyers. You can think of this as the Society having the authority to make decisions and take actions that help it do its job. The Society can provide services and facilities for lawyers, publish materials, and establish or join other bodies to help it perform its functions. The Society can also provide and charge for services, like premises, to help it regulate the law profession. It must charge fair prices for these services. The Society's powers are set out in the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and other laws, such as the law from 1982. The Society uses these powers to support lawyers and help them do their jobs. This helps the Society to represent lawyers and do its job properly.

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Powers

68Representative powers

  1. The New Zealand Law Society has all such powers, rights, and authorities as are necessary or expedient for, or conducive to, the performance of its representative functions.

  2. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the New Zealand Law Society has, in addition to any other powers conferred on it by this or any other Act, the following powers:

  3. to provide or arrange for the provision of services and facilities for lawyers, including seminars and educational and training services and facilities:
    1. to publish periodicals, pamphlets, and other materials:
      1. to establish or join in establishing any body, whether incorporated or not, and whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, for the purpose of the performance or exercise of any of the Society's representative functions or powers.

        1. The New Zealand Law Society, in its representative capacity, may provide and charge for services, including premises, for the purpose of the Society's regulatory functions and powers. Charges for the provision of such services must not exceed fair market rates.

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