Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This section
applies to the following names, titles and descriptions —
(a)
lawyer;
(b)
legal practitioner;
(c)
barrister;
(d)
solicitor;
(e)
attorney;
(f)
counsel;
(g)
Queen’s Counsel;
(h)
King’s Counsel;
(i)
Her Majesty’s Counsel;
(j) His
Majesty’s Counsel;
(k)
Senior Counsel.
(2) The regulations
may specify the kind of persons who are entitled, and the circumstances in
which they are entitled, to take or use a name, title or description to which
this section applies.
(3) For the purposes
of section 13(1), the taking or using of a name, title or description to
which this section applies by a person who is not entitled to take or use that
name, title or description gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that the
person represented that the person is entitled to engage in legal practice.
(4) For the purposes
of section 13(2), the taking or using of a name, title or description to
which this section applies by a person in relation to a body corporate, of
which the person is a director, officer, employee or agent, gives rise to a
rebuttable presumption that the person represented that the body corporate is
entitled to engage in legal practice.