Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(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.
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.
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) 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.