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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

New Zealand Law Society - Powers

75: Subscriptions

You could also call this:

"Paying membership fees to the New Zealand Law Society"

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You are a member of the New Zealand Law Society. The Council can ask you to pay a subscription. This subscription helps fund the Society's work. The Council decides how the subscription is paid. You might have to pay the subscription with other members. Or you might pay with a specific group of members. You could also pay based on where you work in New Zealand. The Council can decide that different members pay different amounts. This could be based on the type of member you are or where you work. You pay the subscription in a way that the Society's rules say is okay. If you do not pay, the Society can ask for the money as a debt.

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Part 4New Zealand Law Society
Powers

75Subscriptions

  1. For the sole purpose of funding the representative functions and powers of the New Zealand Law Society, the Council of that Society may, by resolution, require the payment of a subscription by each member of that Society.

  2. Any resolution under subsection (1) may provide—

  3. for the payment of the subscription—
    1. by all members; or
      1. by any specified class or classes of members; or
        1. by members practising in any specified part or parts of New Zealand:
        2. for the payment of different amounts—
          1. by different classes of members; or
            1. by members practising in different parts of New Zealand.

            2. The amount of any subscription is payable in such manner as the constitution prescribes or authorises and is recoverable on behalf of the New Zealand Law Society as a debt due to it.