LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 181
Manner of application
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 181
Manner of application
181 Manner of application
(1) An application for the grant or renewal of registration as a foreign
lawyer must be—
(a) made in the law society approved form; and
(b)
accompanied by the fees prescribed under a regulation.
(2) Different fees may
be set according to different factors decided by the law society.
(3) The
fees are not to be greater than the maximum fees for a local practising
certificate.
(4) The law society may also require the applicant to pay any
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it in considering the application,
including, for example, costs and expenses of making inquiries and obtaining
information or documents about whether the applicant meets the criteria for
registration.
(5) The fees and costs must not include any component for
compulsory membership of any professional association.
(6) The law society
approved form may require the applicant to disclose—
(a) matters that may
affect the law society’s consideration of the application for the grant or
renewal of registration; and
(b) particulars of any offences for which the
applicant has been convicted in Australia or a foreign country, whether before
or after the commencement of this section.
(7) The law society approved form
may indicate that convictions of a particular kind need not be disclosed for
the purposes of the current application.
(8) The law society approved form
may indicate that stated kinds of matters or particulars previously disclosed
in a particular way need not be disclosed for the purposes of the current
application.