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RULES OF PRACTICE AMENDMENT RULES 2020 (S.R. 2020, NO. 56) - REG 5

Rule 4 amended (Attendance at practice)

Rule 4 of the Principal Rules is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting subrules (1) and (1A) and substituting the following subrules:
(1)  A firm must not carry on a practice in any place unless a practitioner –
(a) is in charge of that practice at that place; and
(b) gives substantial attendance at that practice at that place during the normal hours of business of that practice at that place.
(1A)  A firm that carries on a practice in any place in accordance with subrule (1) must not carry on another practice in any other place that is a branch of that firm unless –
(a) a practitioner is in charge of the branch; and
(b) a notice, in an approved form, that contains the following information is publically displayed in a prominent area of the branch:
(i) the days, and times, when the practitioner who is in charge of the branch will be in attendance at that branch;
(ii) the contact details, at the other practice of the firm to which the branch relates, for the practitioner who is in charge of that branch.
(b) by omitting from subrule (2) "practitioner" and substituting "firm" ;
(c) by inserting the following subrule after subrule (5) :
(6)  In this rule –
branch includes a place that is the Tasmanian office of a firm whose practice is mainly carried on in another State or a Territory.



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