148Prohibition on multidisciplinary partnerships with certain

148 Prohibition on multidisciplinary partnerships with certain partners who are not Australian legal practitioners (1) This section applies to a person who— (a) is not an Australian legal practitioner; and (b) is or was a partner of an Australian legal practitioner. (2) On application by the law society council, the Supreme Court may make an order prohibiting any Australian legal practitioner from being a partner, in a business that includes the provision of legal services, of a stated person to whom this section applies if the court is satisfied that— (a) the person is not a fit and proper person to be a partner; or (b) the person has been guilty of conduct that, if the person were an Australian legal practitioner, would have been unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct; or (c) for a corporation—the corporation has been disqualified from providing legal services in the ACT or there are grounds for disqualifying the corporation from providing legal services in (3) An order made under this section may be revoked by the Supreme Court on application by the law society council or the person against whom the order was made. (4) The death of an Australian legal practitioner does not prevent an application being made for, or the making of, an order under this section in relation to a person who was a partner of the practitioner. (5) A regulation may make provision in relation to the publication and notification of orders made under this section.