77Protocols with regulatory authorities

77 Protocols with regulatory authorities (1) The councils may, separately or jointly, enter into arrangements (protocols) with regulatory authorities of other jurisdictions about deciding— (a) the jurisdiction in which an Australian lawyer engages in legal practice principally or can reasonably expect to engage in legal practice principally; or (b) the circumstances in which an arrangement under which an Australian legal practitioner practises in a jurisdiction— (i) can be regarded as being of a temporary nature; or (ii) stops being of a temporary nature; or (c) the circumstances in which an Australian legal practitioner can reasonably expect to engage in legal practice principally in a jurisdiction during the currency of an Australian practising (2) For this Act, and to the extent that the protocols are relevant, a matter mentioned in subsection (1) (a), (b) or (c) is to be decided in accordance with the protocols.