Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Profession Act 2004 - SECT 1.2.3.

Terms relating to legal practitioners

1.2.3. Terms relating to legal practitioners

For the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  an Australian legal practitioner is an Australian lawyer who holds a
        current local practising certificate or a current interstate
        practising certificate;

   (b)  a local legal practitioner is an Australian lawyer who holds a current
        local practising certificate;

   (c)  an interstate legal practitioner is an Australian lawyer who holds a
        current interstate practising certificate, but not a local practising
        certificate.