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Legal Profession Act 2006
101Nature of incorporated legal practice
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101 Nature of incorporated legal practice
(1) An incorporated legal practice is a corporation that engages in legal
practice in the ACT, whether or not it also provides services that are
not legal services.
(2) However, a corporation is not an incorporated legal practice if—
(a) the corporation does not receive any fee, gain or reward for the
legal services it provides; or
(b) the only legal services that the corporation provides are any or
all of the following services:
(i) in-house legal services, namely, legal services provided to
the corporation in relation to a proceeding or transaction to
which the corporation (or a related body corporate) is a
party;
(ii) services that are not legally required to be provided by an
Australian legal practitioner and that are provided by an
officer or employee who is not an Australian legal
(c) the corporation is a complying community legal centre; or
(d) the corporation is a trustee company under the Trustee
Companies Act 1947; or
(e) the corporation is the public trustee and guardian; or
(f) this part or a regulation provides that the corporation is not an
(3) A regulation may make provision in relation to the application (with
or without prescribed changes) of provisions of this Act to
corporations that are not incorporated legal practices because of the
operation of subsection (2).
(4) This part does not affect or apply to the provision by an incorporated
legal practice of legal services in 1 or more other jurisdictions.