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32 Admissions board is respondent to applications under
pt 2.3
The admissions board is taken to be a respondent to every application
under this part not made by it.
Preliminary—pt 2.4 Division 2.4.1
Part 2.4 Legal practice by Australian legal
Division 2.4.1 Preliminary—pt 2.4
33 Purposes and application—pt 2.4
(1) The purposes of this part are as follows:
(a) to facilitate the national practice of law by ensuring that
Australian legal practitioners can engage in legal practice in the
ACT and to provide for the certification of Australian lawyers
whether or not admitted in the ACT;
(b) to provide a system for the grant and renewal of local practising
(2) A regulation may provide that a provision of this part applies with
prescribed changes to—
(a) a government lawyer in relation to the lawyer’s official
functions as a government lawyer; or
(b) an in-house lawyer for a corporation in relation to the provision
of in-house legal services for the corporation (or a related body
corporate).
in-house lawyer means an Australian lawyer who—
(a) is employed by a corporation, that is not an incorporated legal
(b) provides only in-house legal services to the corporation (or a
related body corporate).
Division 2.4.2 Legal practice in ACT by Australian legal practitioners
Division 2.4.2 Legal practice in ACT by Australian
34 Entitlement of holder of Australian practising certificate
to practise in ACT
An Australian legal practitioner is, subject to this Act, entitled to
engage in legal practice in the ACT.