(1) A restriction imposed under this Act or another Act in connection with
advertising by Australian legal practitioners applies to advertising by a
multi-disciplinary partnership in relation to the provision of legal services.
(2) If a restriction mentioned in subsection (1) is limited to a particular
branch of the legal profession or persons who practise in a particular style
of legal practice, the restriction applies only to the extent that the
multi-disciplinary partnership carries on the business of that branch of the
legal profession or that particular style of legal practice.
(3) An
advertisement by a multi-disciplinary partnership about the provision of
services that include legal services is, for the purposes of a disciplinary
proceeding against an Australian legal practitioner, taken to have been
authorised by each legal practitioner partner of the multi-disciplinary
partnership.
(4) This section does not apply if the provision by which the
restriction is imposed expressly excludes its application to
multi-disciplinary partnerships.