LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 100 Lawyer to give notice of interstate orders

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 100

100 Lawyer to give notice of interstate orders

(1) This section applies if an order is made under a corresponding law recommending that the name of a local lawyer be removed from the local roll.

(2) As soon as practicable (but not more than 7 days) after the local lawyer is given notice of the action or otherwise becomes aware of it, the lawyer must give the Brisbane registrar written notice of the order.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(3) If an order is made under a corresponding law in relation to a local legal practitioner that—

(a) the practitioner’s local practising certificate be suspended or cancelled; or

(b) a local practising certificate not be granted to the practitioner for a period; or

(c) an order that conditions be imposed on the practitioner’s local practising certificate;

the practitioner must, as soon as practicable (but not more than 7 days) after the practitioner is given notice of the order or otherwise becomes aware of it, give the regulatory authority who granted or renewed the practitioner’s local practising certificate written notice of the order.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.