ACTIn ForceAct
Legal Profession Act 2006
161Letterhead and other identifying documents of
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 161
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Legal Profession Act 2006.
161 Letterhead and other identifying documents of
(1) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer must indicate, in each public
document distributed by the lawyer in relation to the lawyer’s practice
of foreign law, the fact that the lawyer is an Australian-registered
foreign lawyer and is restricted to the practice of foreign law.
(2) Subsection (1) is satisfied if the lawyer includes in the public
document the words—
(a) ‘registered foreign lawyer’ or ‘registered foreign practitioner’;
and
(b) ‘entitled to practise foreign law only’.
(3) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may (but need not) include
either or both of the following on any public document:
(a) an indication of all foreign countries in which the lawyer is
registered to engage in legal practice;
(b) a description of the lawyer, and any law practice with which the
lawyer is affiliated or associated, in any of the ways designated
in section 160.
public document includes any business letter, statement of account,
invoice, business card, and promotional and advertising material.