South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts23D—Notification of establishment of office required
(1) An
interstate legal practitioner who establishes an office in this State must,
within the period after establishing the office prescribed by the regulations,
give written notice to the Supreme Court.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) A notice under
this section must contain the particulars prescribed by the regulations and be
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) A person giving
notice to the Supreme Court under this section must furnish to the Supreme
Court any evidence or information that the Supreme Court may require in
relation to the practitioner's legal practice in this or any other State.
(4) If an
interstate legal practitioner fails to give notice, or furnish evidence or
information, in accordance with this section, the Supreme Court may, on
application by the Board, the Attorney-General or the Society, suspend the
practitioner's right to practise the profession of the law in this State until
this section is complied with.
(5) The Supreme Court
must give notice of a suspension imposed under subsection (4) to any
regulatory authority that is authorised to seek or impose a corresponding
suspension in a State in which the practitioner is admitted as a
legal practitioner.
(6) The Supreme Court
must cause a register to be kept of the interstate legal practitioners who
have given notice under this section.
(7) A member of the
public may inspect the register kept under subsection (6).