New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A locally registered foreign lawyer may employ one or more domestic lawyers.
(2) Employment of a domestic lawyer does not entitle a locally registered foreign lawyer to practise Australian law in the State.
(3) A domestic lawyer employed by a locally registered foreign lawyer may practise foreign law but must not provide advice on Australian law to, or for use by, the foreign lawyer or otherwise practise Australian law in the State in the course of that employment.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a domestic lawyer employed by a law firm a partner of which is a locally registered foreign lawyer if at least one other partner is a domestic lawyer.
(5) A period of employment by a locally registered foreign lawyer may not be used by a domestic lawyer to satisfy any requirements concerning a period of supervised practice imposed on the domestic lawyer by the domestic registration authority.