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184 Refusal, amendment, suspension or cancellation of local
registration as foreign lawyer—failure to show cause etc
(1) The relevant council may refuse to grant or renew, or may amend,
suspend or cancel, local registration if the applicant for registration or
the locally-registered foreign lawyer—
(a) is required by section 182 (Applicant for local registration of
foreign lawyer—show-cause event) or section 183 (Locally-
registered foreign lawyer—show-cause event) to give the
relevant council a written statement or notice relating to a matter
and has failed to provide a written statement or notice in
accordance with the requirement; or
Division 2.7.7 Special powers in relation to local registration of foreign lawyer—show-
(b) has given a written statement in accordance with section 182 or
section 183 but the relevant council does not consider that the
applicant or foreign lawyer has shown in the statement that,
despite the show-cause event concerned, the applicant or foreign
lawyer is a fit and proper person to be a locally-registered
foreign lawyer.
(2) For this section only, a written statement accepted by the relevant
council under section 182 (3) is taken to have been given in
accordance with section 182.
(3) The relevant council must give the applicant or foreign lawyer an
information notice about the decision to refuse to grant or renew, or
to amend, suspend or cancel, the registration.
(4) However, if the relevant council considers that the applicant or
foreign lawyer has shown in the statement mentioned in
subsection (1) (b) that, despite the show-cause event concerned, the
applicant or foreign lawyer is a fit and proper person to be a locally-
registered foreign lawyer, the relevant council must, by written
notice, tell the applicant or foreign lawyer about its decision.