Cross-border Justice Act 2009
73Legal practitioners of another participating jurisdiction entitled
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73 Legal practitioners of another participating jurisdiction entitled to appear etc. (1) A person who is entitled to engage in legal practice under the law of another participating jurisdiction is entitled: (a) to appear for a person in a cross-border proceeding of a prescribed court of the Territory; and (b) to provide advice and other services to a person in relation to such a proceeding; if the person who is the subject of the proceeding has a connection with a cross-border region that is partly in the other jurisdiction for the proceeding. (2) A person who is authorised under section 48 of the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 (WA) is entitled to appear for a person of Aboriginal descent, as defined in section 4 of that Act, in a cross-border proceeding of a prescribed court of the Territory if the person who is the subject of the proceeding has a connection with a cross-border region that is partly in Western Australia for the proceeding.