Article 80. Functions of the Chamber of Legal Advisers The Law on Advocacy and Legal Assistance

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The Chamber of Legal Consultants performs the following functions:

1) establishes rules of professional conduct and a Code of Professional Ethics;

2) establishes the rules and conditions for admission to membership in the Chamber;

3) establishes, in agreement with the authorized body, standards for the provision of legal aid, criteria for the quality of legal aid and ensures their implementation by the members of the Chamber.;

4) ensures the posting at least once a year on its Internet resource of summary and analytical information on the estimated average cost of legal services provided by members of the Chamber for the previous period, starting from the date of the last posting of this information, based on data provided by members of the Chamber, taking into account confidentiality requirements;

5) establishes the scope and procedure for providing comprehensive social legal assistance;

6) ensures professional development of its members in accordance with the approved standards of the Chamber;

7) organizes information and methodological support for members of the Chamber of Legal Advisers;

7-1) organizes work on the provision of state-guaranteed legal assistance in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8) represents the interests of its members in government agencies, non-governmental organizations, including foreign and international ones;

9) monitors compliance by members of the Chamber of Legal Advisers with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on advocacy and legal assistance, rules and standards of legal assistance, and the Code of Professional Ethics;

9-1) organizes work to ensure that legal consultants comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on combating corruption, countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, financing terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

10) considers issues of holding members of the Chamber of Legal Advisers accountable for violating the requirements of this Law, the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on advocacy and legal assistance, rules and standards of legal assistance, and the Code of Professional Ethics;

11) promotes the organization of professional practice by graduates of organizations of post-secondary and higher legal education;

12) summarizes the practice and develops recommendations and suggestions for further improvement and development of legal aid;

13) maintains a register of members of the Chamber of Legal Advisers;

13-1) develops and approves methodological recommendations on countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, the financing of terrorism and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction for legal consultants, taking into account the specifics and specifics of their activities;

13-2) conducts, within its competence, analysis and monitoring of the activities of legal consultants in order to identify the risks of legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, financing terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, summarizes the practice of applying the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and makes proposals for its improvement with the annual provision of such information to the authorized financial monitoring body in the form and within the time limits established by the authorized financial monitoring body.;

14) performs other functions established by this Law, the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the charter of the Chamber of Legal Consultants.

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