Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Profession Act 2004 - SECT 2.3.9.

Local lawyer is officer of the Supreme Court

2.3.9. Local lawyer is officer of the Supreme Court



(1) On being admitted to the legal profession under this Act, a person becomes
an officer of the Supreme Court.

(2) Subsection (1) does not confer on a person any right to bring proceedings
in the Supreme Court, or any immunity from proceedings in any court, that the
person would not have if he or she were not an officer of the Supreme Court.

(3) A person ceases to be an officer of the Supreme Court under subsection (1)
if the person's name is removed from the local roll.

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