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98 Local authority may give information to other local
authorities
An ACT authority that receives information from an authority of
another jurisdiction under provisions of a corresponding law that
correspond to this part may give the information to other ACT
authorities that have functions under this Act.
Preliminary—pt 2.6 Division 2.6.1
Part 2.6 Incorporated legal practices and
Division 2.6.1 Preliminary—pt 2.6
99 Definitions—pt 2.6
legal practitioner director, of an incorporated legal practice, means a
director of the legal practice who is an Australian legal practitioner
holding an unrestricted practising certificate.
legal practitioner partner, of a multidisciplinary partnership, means
a partner of the partnership who is an Australian legal practitioner
holding an unrestricted practising certificate.
(2) In this part:
corporation means—
(a) a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act; or
(b) any other corporation prescribed by regulation.
director—
(a) of a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act—
means a director as defined in that Act, section 9; or
(b) of any other corporation prescribed by regulation—means a
person prescribed by regulation.
officer—
(a) of a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act—
means an officer as defined in that Act, section 9; or
(b) of any other corporation prescribed by regulation—means a
person prescribed by regulation.
professional obligations, of an Australian legal practitioner,
include—
(a) duties to the Supreme Court; and
(b) obligations in relation to conflicts of interest; and
(c) duties to clients, including disclosure; and
(d) ethical rules required to be observed by the practitioner.