New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 6

6 Terms relating to legal practitioners

For the purposes of this Act:

(a) an "Australian legal practitioner" is an Australian lawyer who holds a current local practising certificate or a current interstate practising certificate, and

(b) a "local legal practitioner" is an Australian lawyer who holds a current local practising certificate, and

(c) an "interstate legal practitioner" is an Australian lawyer who holds a current interstate practising certificate, but not a local practising certificate.

Note: The application of Chapter 4 (Complaints and discipline) to conduct of Australian legal practitioners is broadened by Division 2 of Part 4.1 of that Chapter.