LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 163 Foreign lawyer employing Australian legal practitioner
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 163
Foreign lawyer employing Australian legal practitioner(1) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may employ 1 or more Australian legal practitioners.
(2) Employment of an Australian legal practitioner does not entitle an Australian-registered foreign lawyer to practise Australian law in the ACT.
(3) An Australian legal practitioner employed by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer may practise foreign law.
(4) An Australian legal practitioner employed by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer must not—
(a) provide advice on Australian law to, or for use by, the Australian-registered foreign lawyer; or
(b) otherwise practise Australian law in the ACT in the course of the employment.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to an Australian legal practitioner employed by a law firm a partner of which is an Australian-registered foreign lawyer, if at least 1 other partner is an Australian legal practitioner.
(6) Any period of employment of an Australian legal practitioner by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer cannot be used to satisfy a requirement imposed by a condition on a local practising certificate to complete a period of supervised legal practice.