(1) Subject to this Part, the New Zealand Law Society must make practice rules for the establishment, maintenance, and management of a fidelity fund to be known as the Lawyers' Fidelity Fund.
(2) The rules must provide for the accounts of the Lawyers' Fidelity Fund to be audited annually by a chartered accountant appointed for the purpose by the Council of the New Zealand Law Society.
(3) The Lawyers' Fidelity Fund is to be the property of the New Zealand Law Society and is to be held in trust for the purposes specified in this Part.