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Legal Profession Act 2006
75Special provisions about interstate legal practitioner
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75 Special provisions about interstate legal practitioner
engaging in unsupervised legal practice in ACT
(1) An interstate legal practitioner must not engage in unsupervised legal
practice as a solicitor in the ACT unless—
(a) if the practitioner completed practical legal training principally
under the supervision of an Australian lawyer, whether
involving articles of clerkship or otherwise, to qualify for
admission to the legal profession in the ACT or another
jurisdiction—the practitioner has undertaken a period or periods
equivalent to 18 months supervised legal practice, worked out
under the regulations, after the day the practitioner’s first
practising certificate was granted; or
(b) if the practitioner completed other practical legal training to
qualify for admission to the legal profession in the ACT or
another jurisdiction—the practitioner has undertaken a period or
periods equivalent to 2 years supervised legal practice, worked
out under the regulations, after the day the practitioner’s first
practising certificate was granted.
(2) Subsection (1)—
(a) does not apply if the interstate legal practitioner is exempt from
the requirement for supervised legal practice in the practitioner’s
home jurisdiction; or
(b) applies only to the extent of a shorter period if the required
period of supervised legal practice has been reduced for the
interstate legal practitioner in the practitioner’s home