sec.77Special provision about interstate legal practitioner engaging in unsupervised legal practice in this jurisdiction

### sec.77 Special provision about interstate legal practitioner engaging in unsupervised legal practice in this jurisdiction An interstate legal practitioner must not engage in unsupervised legal practice in this jurisdiction unless— if the practitioner completed supervised legal training to qualify for admission to the legal profession—the practitioner has undertaken a period or periods equivalent to 18 months supervised legal practice, worked out under a regulation, after the date the practitioner’s first practising certificate was granted; or if the interstate legal practitioner completed other practical legal training to qualify for admission to the legal profession in this or another jurisdiction—the practitioner has undertaken a period or periods equivalent to 2 years supervised legal practice, worked out under a regulation, after the date the practitioner’s first practising certificate was granted. However, subsection (1) — does not apply if the interstate legal practitioner is exempt from the requirement for supervised legal practice in the practitioner’s home jurisdiction; or applies to the interstate legal practitioner only to the extent of a shorter period if the required period of supervised legal practice has been reduced for the practitioner in the practitioner’s home jurisdiction. In this section— supervised legal training means practical legal training principally under the supervision of an Australian lawyer, whether involving articles of clerkship or otherwise. (sec.77-ssec.1) An interstate legal practitioner must not engage in unsupervised legal practice in this jurisdiction unless— if the practitioner completed supervised legal training to qualify for admission to the legal profession—the practitioner has undertaken a period or periods equivalent to 18 months supervised legal practice, worked out under a regulation, after the date the practitioner’s first practising certificate was granted; or if the interstate legal practitioner completed other practical legal training to qualify for admission to the legal profession in this or another jurisdiction—the practitioner has undertaken a period or periods equivalent to 2 years supervised legal practice, worked out under a regulation, after the date the practitioner’s first practising certificate was granted. (sec.77-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) — does not apply if the interstate legal practitioner is exempt from the requirement for supervised legal practice in the practitioner’s home jurisdiction; or applies to the interstate legal practitioner only to the extent of a shorter period if the required period of supervised legal practice has been reduced for the practitioner in the practitioner’s home jurisdiction. (sec.77-ssec.3) In this section— supervised legal training means practical legal training principally under the supervision of an Australian lawyer, whether involving articles of clerkship or otherwise. - (a) if the practitioner completed supervised legal training to qualify for admission to the legal profession—the practitioner has undertaken a period or periods equivalent to 18 months supervised legal practice, worked out under a regulation, after the date the practitioner’s first practising certificate was granted; or - (b) if the interstate legal practitioner completed other practical legal training to qualify for admission to the legal profession in this or another jurisdiction—the practitioner has undertaken a period or periods equivalent to 2 years supervised legal practice, worked out under a regulation, after the date the practitioner’s first practising certificate was granted. - (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 to the interstate legal practitioner only to the extent of a shorter period if the required period of supervised legal practice has been reduced for the practitioner in the practitioner’s home jurisdiction.