LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 10 What is the home jurisdiction?

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 10

    (1)     This section has effect for this Act.

    (2)     The home jurisdiction of an Australian legal practitioner is the jurisdiction in which the practitioner's only or most recent Australian practising certificate was granted.

    (3)     The home jurisdiction of an Australian-registered foreign lawyer is the jurisdiction in which the lawyer's only or most recent registration was granted.

    (4)     The home jurisdiction of an associate of a law practice who is neither an Australian legal practitioner nor an Australian-registered foreign lawyer is—

        (a)     if only 1 jurisdiction is the home jurisdiction of the only associate of the practice who is an Australian legal practitioner or for all the associates of the practice who are Australian legal practitioners—that jurisdiction; or

        (b)     if no 1 jurisdiction is the home jurisdiction of all the associates of the practice who are Australian legal practitioners—

              (i)     the jurisdiction in which the office is situated where the associate performs most of the associate's duties for the law practice; or

              (ii)     if a jurisdiction cannot be decided under subparagraph (i)—the jurisdiction in which the associate is enrolled under a law of the jurisdiction to vote at elections for the jurisdiction; or

              (iii)     if a jurisdiction can be decided under neither subparagraph (i) nor subparagraph (ii)—the jurisdiction decided in accordance with criteria prescribed by regulation.