Part 11Miscellaneous

Part 11—Miscellaneous 48—Consideration and investigation of applicants and locally registered foreign lawyers (1) To help it consider whether or not to grant, renew, suspend or cancel registration under this Part, or impose conditions on a person's registration under this Part, the Society may, by notice to the applicant or locally registered foreign lawyer, require the applicant or locally registered foreign lawyer— (a) to give it specified documents or information; or (b) to cooperate with any inquiries that it considers appropriate. (2) A failure to comply with a notice under subclause (1) by the date specified in the notice and in the way required by the notice is a ground for making an adverse decision in relation to the action being considered by the Society. 49—Register of locally registered foreign lawyers (1) The Society must keep a register of the names of locally registered foreign lawyers. (2) The register must— (a) state the conditions (if any) imposed on a foreign lawyer's registration; and (b) include other particulars prescribed by the regulations. (3) The register may be kept in the way the Society decides. (4) The register must be available for inspection, without charge, at a place determined by the Society during normal business hours or at an Internet site maintained by the Society. 50—Publication of information about locally registered foreign lawyers The Society may publish, in circumstances that it considers appropriate, the names of persons registered by it as foreign lawyers under this Schedule and any relevant particulars concerning those persons. 51—Exemption by Society (1) The Society may exempt an Australian-registered foreign lawyer or class of Australian-registered foreign lawyers from compliance with a specified provision of this Act or the regulations, or from compliance with a specified rule or part of a rule that would otherwise apply to the foreign lawyer or class of foreign lawyers. (2) An exemption may be granted unconditionally or subject to conditions specified in writing. (3) The Society may revoke or vary any conditions imposed under this clause or impose new conditions. 52—Membership of professional association An Australian-registered foreign lawyer is not required to join (but may, if eligible, join) any professional association.