New Zealand Legislation: Acts

4 General functions of Society

• (1) The general functions of the Society shall be—

  • (a) To promote the interests of the legal profession and the interests of the public in relation to legal matters:

  • (b) To promote and encourage proper conduct among the members of the legal profession:

  • (c) To suppress illegal, dishonourable, or improper practices by members of the legal profession:

  • (d) To preserve and maintain the integrity and status of the legal profession:

  • (e) To promote opportunities for the acquisition and diffusion of legal knowledge and skills relating to the practice of law:

  • (f) To assist in and promote the reform of the law:

  • (g) To provide means for the amicable settlement of professional differences between members of the legal profession.

  (2) The Society shall have such other functions as are conferred on it by this or any other Act.

  Compare: 1955 No 101 s 114(1)

  Subsection (1)(e) was amended, as from 30 March 1987, by section 2 Law Practitioners Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 35) by inserting the words “and skills relating to the practice of law”.