LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 25
Prohibition on representing or advertising entitlement to engage in legal practice when not entitled
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 25
Prohibition on representing or advertising entitlement to engage in legal practice when not entitled
25 Prohibition on representing or advertising entitlement to engage in legal
practice when not entitled
(1) A person must not represent or advertise that the person is entitled to
engage in legal practice unless the person is an Australian legal
practitioner.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 2 years
imprisonment.
(2) A director, officer, employee or agent of a body
corporate must not represent or advertise that the body corporate is entitled
to engage in legal practice unless the body corporate is an incorporated legal
practice.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 2 years
imprisonment.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a representation
or advertisement about a person being entitled to engage in legal practice as
mentioned in section 24(2) .
(4) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a
representation or advertisement about a person being entitled to engage in
legal practice as mentioned in section 24(3) .
(5) A reference in this
section to a person—
(a) representing or advertising that the person is
entitled to engage in legal practice; or
(b) representing or advertising that
a body corporate is entitled to engage in legal practice;
includes a reference
to the person doing anything that states or implies the person or the body
corporate is entitled to engage in legal practice.
