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Law Practitioners Amendment Act (No. 3) 1985

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Short Title

Appeal etc., out of time

Maximum size of partnership of solicitors

Law Practitioners Amendment Act (No. 3) 1985

Public Act		1985 No 182
Date of assent		17 December 1985

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Appeal etc., out of time
3	Maximum size of partnership of solicitors
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Law Practitioners Act 1982

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Law Practitioners Amendment Act (No. 3) 1985, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Appeal etc., out of time

(1)

Section 148(2) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “the decision appealed against”, the words “, or within such further time as the Registrar may allow”.

(2)

Section 149(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “the date of the decision”, the words “, or within such further time as a Judge of the High Court may allow”.

3 Maximum size of partnership of solicitors

The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 189, the following section:

“189a

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 456 of the Companies Act 1955, it shall be lawful for solicitors to form partnerships consisting of not more than 150 persons for the purpose of carrying on the practice of law in New Zealand without being registered as a company under that Act.”

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

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