29Application for local registration – show cause event

29 Application for local registration – show cause event (1) A written statement given to the Law Society by a person under section 199(2) of the Act must, if it relies on documentary evidence of the matters contained in the statement, be accompanied by the original documents. (2) However, subregulation (1) does not apply if copies of the documents have been given to the Society and the Society is otherwise satisfied as to the authenticity of the copies. 30 Register of locally-registered foreign lawyers (1) For section 218(2)(b) of the Act and subject to subregulation (5), the particulars mentioned in subregulation (2) must be included in the register kept under section 218 of the Act in relation to a locally- registered foreign lawyer. (2) The particulars to be included in the register are as follows: (a) the name of the foreign lawyer; (b) the name of the partnership of which the lawyer is a member or employee or, if the lawyer is not a member or employee of a partnership, the name of the entity of which the lawyer is a director, officer or employee or with which the lawyer is otherwise engaged in legal practice; (c) the contact details of the office of the partnership or other entity in this jurisdiction; (d) by way of separate additional entry, the name of the partnership or other entity and the contact details of the office of the partnership or other entity: (i) in this jurisdiction; and

Legal Profession Regulations 2007 18 (ii) in any other jurisdictions in which it has an office, except where the domestic registration authority considers those particulars need not be included in respect of an entity that is not a law practice; (e) details of the foreign registration authority, or authorities, by which the lawyer is registered to engage in legal practice in a foreign country or foreign countries; (f) any other particulars about the lawyer, partnership or other entity that the authority considers should be included. (3) Contact details of an office are the following: (a) its street address (the address where the office is physically located); (b) its postal address (a post office box number and the location and postcode of the post office), if any; (c) whether or not it has a court box. (4) A locally-registered foreign lawyer may, by written notice to the Society, request the Society not to include any or any specified particulars about the lawyer, partnership or other entity in the register, on the ground that special circumstances warrant the particulars not being publicly available (for example, if the safety or well-being of a person would be substantially affected by making the particulars publicly available). (5) If the Society is satisfied those special circumstances exist, the Society is required not to include the particulars concerned in the register unless the Society considers the public interest in maintaining public access to the particulars outweighs any individual interest in the particulars not being publicly available. 31 Refund of fees (1) The Law Society may refund a part of a fee paid in relation to registration as a foreign lawyer if the registration is suspended or cancelled during its currency in circumstances not involving disciplinary action in this jurisdiction or elsewhere. (2) The part of the fee must be: (a) refunded as soon as possible after the period of registration for which the full fee relates; and (b) proportionate to the period during which the registration is suspended or cancelled.