LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 178
Duration of registration
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 178
Duration of registration
178 Duration of registration
(1) Registration as a foreign lawyer granted under this Act is in force from
the day stated in the local registration certificate until the end of the
financial year in which it is granted, unless the registration is sooner
suspended or cancelled.
(2) Registration as a foreign lawyer renewed under
this Act is in force until the end of the financial year following its
previous period of currency, unless the registration is sooner suspended or
cancelled.
(3) If an application for the renewal of registration as a foreign
lawyer has not been decided by the following 1 July, the registration—
(a)
continues in force on and from that 1 July until the law society renews or
refuses to renew the registration or the holder withdraws the application for
renewal, unless the registration is sooner suspended or cancelled; and
(b) if
renewed, is taken to have been renewed on and from that 1 July.