Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund

302: Banks to pay interest on nominated trust accounts to Special Fund

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"Banks must pay interest on trust accounts to a special lawyers' fund"

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You have a trust account at a bank. The bank must pay interest on this account to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund. The bank pays the interest as soon as it can after it calculates the interest. The bank pays the interest into the Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund Bank Account. When a bank pays interest into the account, it must tell the Management Committee. The bank tells the Committee how much it paid and some details about each trust account. The details include the amount of money in the account, the amount of interest, and how the interest was calculated. The bank follows the rules set by the Management Committee when paying interest and providing details. You can find more information about this in section 301(5). The rules are in place to manage the Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund.

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Part 9Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund

302Banks to pay interest on nominated trust accounts to Special Fund

  1. Subject to section 301(5), a bank must, as soon as practicable after the date on which it has calculated the interest on a nominated trust account kept at that bank, pay into the Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund Bank Account, in such manner as the Management Committee may approve, the monthly interest payable by that bank on that account.

  2. Where any bank makes any payment into the Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund Bank Account in accordance with subsection (1), that bank must forthwith provide to the Management Committee a return, in such form as the Management Committee may, from time to time, require, specifying—

  3. the amount of the payment; and
    1. in respect of each nominated trust account on which any interest comprised in the payment has been calculated,—
      1. the amount of the money in that account on which that interest has been calculated; and
        1. the amount of the interest so calculated; and
          1. the method by which that interest was calculated, including the rate of interest.
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