Legal practitioners in Tasmania are regulated in accordance with the following pieces of legislation:

• Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Conduct) Rules 2020 (download pdf here)
• Legal Profession Act 2007
• Legal Profession Regulations 2018
• Legal Profession (Prescribed Authorities) Regulations 2018
• The Legal Profession Barrister Rules 2016
• Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015
• Law Society By-Laws 2010 (current as at 1 December 2012 to date)

Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Conduct) Rules 2020 and Rules of Practice Amendment Rules 2020
On 1 October 2020 the Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Conduct) Rules 2020 commenced along with significant amendments to the Rules of Practice 1994, see Rules of Practice Amendment Rules 2020.

All practitioners should familiarise themselves with the current rules and changes to the Rules of Practice. The following resources will assist.

• Information Sheet Rules of Practice Amendment Rules
• Information Sheet Legal Profession Solicitors Conduct Rules
• Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules Handbook (Law Council of Australia version – August 2013)
• Rules of Practice 1994
• Rules of Practice Rules 2020