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Legal Profession Act 2006
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139 Actions of partner of multidisciplinary partnership who is
not Australian legal practitioner
(1) Unless a provision of this Act expressly applies to a partner of a
multidisciplinary partnership who is not an Australian legal
practitioner, the partner does not contravene the provision only
because of any of the following:
(a) the partner is a member of a partnership, if the business of the
partnership includes the provision of legal services;
(b) the partner receives any fee, gain or reward for business of the
partnership that is the business of an Australian legal
practitioner;
(c) the partner holds out, advertises or represents themself as a
member of a partnership, if the business of the partnership
includes the provision of legal services;
(d) the partner shares with any other partner the receipts of business
of the partnership that is the business of an Australian legal