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<subordleg title="Professional Standards (Western Australian Bar Association Professional Standards Scheme) Notice 2025" year.published="2025" year.citation="2025" no="70" pco.reg.ref="S25_0072" publication.date="2025-07-01" enabling.title="Professional Standards Act 2004" enabling.acts="act-2004-023" sub.leg.type="notice" amending="none" print.type="reprint" first.valid.date="2025-07-01T00:00:00+10:00" in.force="allinforce" published.how="website" expiry.date="2035-09-01T00:00:00+10:00" stage.repeal="1" stage.repeal.original.date="2035-09-01T00:00:00+10:00" repealed.by="stagerepeal" repealing.id="act-1992-022​" initial.admin.dept="Department of Justice" id="sl-2025-0070" version.desc.id="3d73c5da-1629-4484-af7a-4bb6b04a042e" version.series.id="f3f82b85-d75e-4481-a147-af3d641950bf"><coverdata id="cd" guid="_a4677b32-2a18-45be-8379-4ce6d942230b"><subtitle id="cd-sut" guid="_5f84c1fc-be11-49ca-9012-ba7abd526a86">Professional Standards Act 2004</subtitle><subtitle id="cd-sut-oc.2" guid="_50057339-24a1-49a8-87f6-e02758dfbee1"/></coverdata><wrapper><front id="frnt" guid="_00f1d419-4016-47cb-b206-4cd0b8becefe"><shorttitle id="frnt-st" guid="_d8aa034d-cae3-414f-9db7-cd237528955f">Professional Standards (Western Australian Bar Association Professional Standards Scheme) Notice 2025</shorttitle></front><body numbering.style="manual"><clause id="sec.1" guid="_8312d14a-d1c3-4985-b609-e4d37fef8e0a" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_4638968b-89f0-4a8f-9869-685a8783673b">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This notice may be cited as the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2025-0070" target.version.series="f3f82b85-d75e-4481-a147-af3d641950bf" check="valid"><name emphasis="yes">Professional Standards (Western Australian Bar Association Professional Standards Scheme) Notice 2025</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.2" guid="_250f19d9-d1c9-437d-839b-9b7102abc1b6" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="commence"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_5a7e1109-9eac-472d-b0fb-aa77d6766447">Commencement</heading><block><txt break.before="1"><intref refid="sec.4" target.guid="_0bcfdab4-6def-4576-9290-96058a88112d" check="valid">Section&#160;4</intref> commences on 1 July 2025.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_c4cafb3e-208d-4cd1-804d-a6314ddce660" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_3ebdf830-430d-4216-a147-f83009e5700e">Approval of interstate scheme—<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2004-023" target.version.series="a1e8fcab-3017-4d7e-9cdb-92c22e8fe5b3" check="valid">Act</legref>, <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.14" target.doc.id="act-2004-023" target.version.series="a1e8fcab-3017-4d7e-9cdb-92c22e8fe5b3" target.guid="_addd7b13-9c0d-4e90-8bd6-9273e48599a1" check="valid">s&#160;14</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">The Western Australian Bar Association Professional Standards Scheme is an interstate scheme that has been approved by the appropriate council for Western Australia.</txt><note id="sec.3-note" guid="_ed204ba6-41cf-4a2c-a8fd-cffa29945438" type="example"><heading id="sec.3-note-he" guid="_e82ef093-fe39-4a32-bed9-1ddf098124f8">Notes—</heading><block><list number.type="manual" unnumbered.indent="0"><li id="sec.3-note-para1.1" guid="_4cb00d65-ed8b-4d7b-b27f-2b74fa187437" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>1</no><block><txt break.before="0">See—</txt><list number.type="manual" unnumbered.indent="0"><li id="sec.3-note-para1.1-para2.a" guid="_3ca2b08f-4b5f-4321-94a7-fe5baf4314c3" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(a)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.15" target.doc.id="act-2004-023" target.version.series="a1e8fcab-3017-4d7e-9cdb-92c22e8fe5b3" target.guid="_6f7d65c3-aad9-4a75-a93b-3c9c10681bdf" check="valid">section&#160;15</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2004-023" target.version.series="a1e8fcab-3017-4d7e-9cdb-92c22e8fe5b3" check="valid">Act</legref> for when the scheme commences; and</txt></block></li><li id="sec.3-note-para1.1-para2.b" guid="_cb0a60ef-6883-4879-a7dc-b5c74dc222e6" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(b)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.33" target.doc.id="act-2004-023" target.version.series="a1e8fcab-3017-4d7e-9cdb-92c22e8fe5b3" check="invalid">section&#160;33</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2004-023" target.version.series="a1e8fcab-3017-4d7e-9cdb-92c22e8fe5b3" check="valid">Act</legref> for the period for which the scheme remains in force.</txt></block></li></list></block></li><li id="sec.3-note-para1.2" guid="_41c3220c-79f0-4bf9-bf94-3ed1a79eec60" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>2</no><block><txt break.before="0">A copy of the scheme is available on the council’s website.</txt></block></li></list></block></note></block></clause><clause id="sec.4" guid="_0bcfdab4-6def-4576-9290-96058a88112d" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="repeal"><no>4</no><heading id="sec.4-he" guid="_161fde28-b0c8-40ab-8b47-12174a8b2594">Repeal</heading><block><txt break.before="1">The <legref jurisd="QLD" type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2020-0098" target.version.series="e1c5479c-7e5c-47ab-8e40-f168750981b8" check="valid"><name emphasis="no">Professional Standards (Western Australian Bar Association Professional Standards Scheme) Notice 2020</name></legref>, SL No. 98 is repealed.</txt></block></clause></body></wrapper></subordleg>