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14Simplified outline—ch 2
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14 Simplified outline—ch 2
(1) This chapter sets out general requirements for engaging in legal
practice in the ACT.
(2) The following is a general outline of the contents of this chapter:
(a) part 2.2 provides for the reservation of legal work and legal titles
to properly qualified entities;
(b) part 2.3 sets out the qualifications and procedure for admission
to legal practice in the ACT;
(c) part 2.4 provides for the grant, renewal, amendment, suspension
and cancellation of practising certificates in the ACT and sets
out the entitlements of holders of interstate practising
certificates to engage in legal practice in the ACT;
(d) part 2.5 provides a scheme for notification of and response to
action taken by courts and other authorities in the ACT and other
jurisdictions regarding admission to the legal profession and the
right to engage in legal practice;
(e) part 2.6 regulates the provision of legal services in the ACT by
corporations and by partnerships that provide legal services and
nonlegal services;
(f) part 2.7 regulates the practice of the law of a foreign country in
the ACT;
(g) part 2.8 regulates the provision of legal services in the ACT by
community legal centres.
(3) Subsection (2) is intended only as a guide to the general scheme of
Part 2.2 Reservation of legal work and
legal titles