Law Practitioners Amendment Act 1987

Public Act		1987 No 35
Date of assent		30 March 1987

	Title
1	Short Title
2	General functions of Society
3	Powers of Council to deal with property and to invest money
	“13
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Law Practitioners Act 1982

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Law Practitioners Amendment Act 1987, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 General functions of Society

Section 4(1)(e) of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the words “and skills relating to the practice of law”.

3 Powers of Council to deal with property and to invest money

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 13, and substituting the following section:

“13

“(1)

The Council may purchase, take on lease, or otherwise acquire, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, and improve, manage, develop, exchange, turn to account, or otherwise deal with any real or personal property on behalf of the Society, if authorised to do so by the rules of the Society, or by a resolution passed at a general meeting of the Society.

“(2)

The Council may invest any money of the Society in any manner in which trustees are for the time being authorised to invest trust funds.”

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

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