Legal Profession Act 2006
163Foreign lawyer employing Australian legal practitioner
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163 Foreign lawyer employing Australian legal practitioner (1) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may employ 1 or more Australian legal practitioners. (2) Employment of an Australian legal practitioner does not entitle an Australian-registered foreign lawyer to practise Australian law in the ACT. (3) An Australian legal practitioner employed by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer may practise foreign law. (4) An Australian legal practitioner employed by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer must not— (a) provide advice on Australian law to, or for use by, the Australian-registered foreign lawyer; or (b) otherwise practise Australian law in the ACT in the course of the employment. (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to an Australian legal practitioner employed by a law firm a partner of which is an Australian-registered foreign lawyer, if at least 1 other partner is an Australian legal (6) Any period of employment of an Australian legal practitioner by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer cannot be used to satisfy a requirement imposed by a condition on a local practising certificate to complete a period of supervised legal practice.