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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 149 Register of local practising certificates

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 149

Register of local practising certificates

149 Register of local practising certificates

(1) The appropriate Council must keep a register of the names of Australian lawyers to whom it grants local practising certificates.
(2) The register may include the details that may be included in the register under section 435 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) and must not include the details that must not be included in the register under that section. Subsection (3) prevails over this subsection in the event of an inconsistency.
(3) The local regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following--
(a) the information that may or must be included in the register,
(b) the notification by local legal practitioners to the appropriate Council of changes of particulars,
(c) the notification by the appropriate Council to other authorities of particulars contained in the register,
(d) the removal of information from the register relating to former holders of certificates.
(4) The register must state the conditions (if any) imposed on a local practising certificate in relation to engaging in legal practice.
(5) A condition imposed on a local practising certificate relating to infirmity, injury or mental or physical illness is not to be stated on the register unless--
(a) the condition restricts the holder's right to engage in legal practice, or
(b) the holder consents to the condition being stated on the register.
(6) The register may be kept in a form determined by the appropriate Council.
(7) The appropriate Council may publish, in circumstances that it considers appropriate, the names of persons kept on the register and any other information included in the register concerning those persons.
(8) The register must be available for inspection, without charge, at the appropriate Council's office during normal business hours.