Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This section has
effect for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The home
jurisdiction for an Australian legal practitioner is the jurisdiction in which
the practitioner’s only or most recent current Australian practising
certificate was granted.
(3) The home
jurisdiction for an Australian-registered foreign lawyer is the jurisdiction
in which the lawyer’s only or most recent current registration was
granted.
(4) The home
jurisdiction for an associate of a law practice who is neither an Australian
legal practitioner nor an Australian-registered foreign lawyer is —
(a)
where only one jurisdiction is the home jurisdiction for the only associate of
the practice who is an Australian legal practitioner or for all the associates
of the practice who are Australian legal practitioners — that
jurisdiction; or
(b)
where no one jurisdiction is the home jurisdiction for all the associates of
the practice who are Australian legal practitioners —
(i)
the jurisdiction in which the office is situated at which
the associate performs most of the associate’s duties for the law
practice; or
(ii)
if a jurisdiction cannot be determined under
subparagraph (i) — the jurisdiction in which the associate is
enrolled under a law of the jurisdiction to vote at elections for the
jurisdiction; or
(iii)
if a jurisdiction can be determined under neither
subparagraph (i) nor subparagraph (ii) — the jurisdiction
determined in accordance with criteria specified or referred to in the
regulations.