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target="_blank">Queensland Law Society Administration Rule 2005 v53</a></li></ul><h3>Repealed legislation and rules</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/repealed/current/sl-2007-0154" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legal Profession (Tribunal & Committee) Rule 2007</a></li><li><a href="https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/repealed/current/act-2004-011" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legal Profession Act 2004 (repealed on 30 June 2007)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/repealed/current/sl-2004-0109" target="_blank">Legal Profession Regulation 2004 (repealed on 30 June 2007)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/repealed/current/sl-2007-0153" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legal Profession Regulation 2007 (repealed on 1 September 2017)</a></li><li><a href="/Content-Collections/Rules/Repealed/Legal-Profession-Solicitors-Rule-2007-repealed" target="_blank">Legal 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