LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 48ZH Registration requirement

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 48ZH

48ZH Registration requirement

(1) A person must not practise foreign law in the State unless the person:

(a) is a locally registered foreign lawyer and practises foreign law in the State in accordance with this Part, or

(b) is a foreign lawyer who practises foreign law in the State for a period of 12 months or less or is subject to a migration restriction and who:

(i) does not maintain an office for the purpose of practising as a lawyer in the State, or

(ii) does not have a commercial legal presence in the State, or

(c) is a domestic lawyer, or is a person employed by a domestic lawyer to provide advice on foreign law to, and for use by, the domestic lawyer.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) In this section:

"migration restriction" means a restriction imposed on a person who is not an Australian citizen under the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth that has the effect of limiting the period during which work may be done, or business transacted, in Australia by the person.