27Locally-registered foreign lawyers not covered by fidelity

27 Locally-registered foreign lawyers not covered by fidelity fund (1) This section applies to a locally-registered foreign lawyer practising foreign law in the ACT otherwise than as an associate of a law (2) The foreign lawyer may not practise foreign law in the ACT on behalf of a client unless the lawyer has provided the client with a disclosure statement in relation to the lawyer’s lack of cover by the fidelity fund. (3) A disclosure statement must— (a) be in writing; and (b) be in English or, if the client does not have a reasonable understanding of English, in another language of which the client has a reasonable understanding; and

(c) state that the lawyer is not covered by the fidelity fund in relation to the practice of foreign law in the ACT; and (d) state that Australian legal practitioners generally are covered by the fidelity fund.