LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 92A Lawyer to give notice of foreign regulatory action

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 92A

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a local lawyer (other than a local legal practitioner); and

        (b)     foreign regulatory action has been taken in relation to the person; and

        (c)     the person fails to give the registrar written notice of the foreign regulatory action in accordance with section 93 (1) (Provisions applying to notices under div 2.5.3) not later than 7 days after the day the person receives notice of the foreign regulatory action.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a local legal practitioner; and

        (b)     foreign regulatory action has been taken in relation to the person to remove the person's name from a foreign roll for disciplinary reasons; and

        (c)     the person fails to give the registrar or the relevant council written notice of the removal in accordance with section 93 (1) not later than 7 days after the day the person receives notice of the foreign regulatory action.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     Strict liability applies to subsection (1) (a) and subsection (2) (a).

    (4)     In this section:

"foreign regulatory action" taken in relation to a person means either of the following:

        (a)     removal of the person's name from a foreign roll for disciplinary reasons;

        (b)     suspension or cancellation of, or refusal to renew, the person's right to engage in legal practice in a foreign country.