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Legal Profession Act 2006
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198 Extent of entitlement of interstate-registered foreign
lawyer to practise in ACT
(1) This part does not authorise an interstate-registered foreign lawyer to
practise foreign law in the ACT to a greater extent than a locally-
registered foreign lawyer could be authorised under a local
registration certificate.
(2) Also, an interstate-registered foreign lawyer’s right to practise foreign
law in the ACT—
(a) is subject to—
(i) any conditions imposed by the relevant council under
section 199; and
(ii) any conditions imposed under the legal profession rules
made under that section; and
(b) is, to the greatest practicable extent and with all necessary
changes—
(i) the same as the interstate-registered foreign lawyer’s right
to practise foreign law in the lawyer’s home jurisdiction;
and
(ii) subject to any condition on the interstate-registered foreign
lawyer’s right to practise foreign law in that jurisdiction.
Interstate-registered foreign lawyers Division 2.7.10
(3) If there is an inconsistency between conditions mentioned in
subsection (2) (a) and conditions mentioned in subsection (2) (b), the
conditions that are, in the relevant council’s opinion, more onerous
prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
(4) An interstate-registered foreign lawyer must not practise foreign law
in the ACT in a way not authorised by this Act or in contravention of
any condition mentioned in this section.