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Legal Profession Act 2006
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73 Extent of entitlement of interstate legal practitioner to
practise in ACT
(1) This part does not authorise an interstate legal practitioner to engage
in legal practice in the ACT to a greater extent than a local legal
practitioner could be authorised under a local practising certificate.
(2) Also, an interstate legal practitioner’s right to engage in legal practice
in the ACT—
(a) is subject to any conditions imposed by the relevant council
under section 74; and
Interstate legal practitioners Division 2.4.9
(b) is, to the greatest practicable extent and with all necessary
changes—
(i) the same as the practitioner’s right to engage in legal
practice in the practitioner’s home jurisdiction; and
(ii) subject to any condition on the practitioner’s right to
engage in legal practice in that jurisdiction, including any
conditions imposed on the practitioner’s admission to the
legal profession in the ACT or another jurisdiction.
(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 lawyer must not engage in legal practice in the ACT in
a way not authorised by this Act or in contravention of any condition
mentioned in this section.