LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 48ZK Entitlement to registration

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 48ZK

48ZK Entitlement to registration

(1) The domestic registration authority must register a person who lodges an application in accordance with section 48ZI as a foreign lawyer if:

(a) the domestic registration authority is satisfied that the person is registered to practise law in one or more places outside Australia, and

(b) the domestic registration authority considers that an effective system exists in one or more of the places referred to in paragraph (a) for the regulation of the practice of law, and

(c) the domestic registration authority considers that the person is not, as a result of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings, subject to any special conditions in carrying on the practice of law in any of the places referred to in paragraph (a) or any undertakings concerning the person's practice of law in any of those places that would make it inappropriate to register the person, and

(d) the person demonstrates an intention to practise foreign law in the State and to establish an office or a commercial legal presence in the State within a reasonable period after grant of registration for the purpose of so practising.

(2) Residence or domicile in the State is not a prerequisite for, or a factor in determining entitlement to, registration as a foreign lawyer under this Part.