9Application for local practising certificate

9 Application for local practising certificate (1) For section 51(1) of the Act, an application for the grant or renewal of a local practising certificate must be accompanied by the following information: (a) the applicant's name, residential address and personal telephone number; (b) if the applicant is an associate of a law practice – the name of the law practice; (c) if the applicant is an officer or employee of an incorporated legal practice – the particulars of the incorporated legal practice including: (i) its Australian Company Number (ACN); and (ii) the names of its directors; (d) the address of the office or offices at which the applicant practises or provides legal services and, if more than one office, an indication as to which of the addresses is that of the principal office; (e) if the applicant is a member of, or employed by, a partnership or is an officer or employee of an incorporated legal practice: (i) the address of the office or offices at which the partnership or incorporated legal practice practises or provides legal services; and (ii) if more than one office – an indication as to which of the addresses is that of the principal office; (f) if the applicant is employed otherwise than by a partnership or incorporated legal practice – the name of the employer and the address of the principal office of the employer; (g) the telephone number, facsimile number and email address of the applicant at the office or offices at which the applicant practises or provides legal services; (h) if the applicant has been convicted of an offence that would have to be disclosed under the admission rules in relation to an application for admission to the legal profession under the Act – the nature of the offence;

Legal Profession Regulations 2007 6 (i) if a show cause event has occurred in relation to the applicant – details of the event including, for section 61(2) of the Act, a written statement: (i) about the event; and (ii) explaining why, despite the show cause event, the applicant considers himself or herself to be a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate; (j) if a pre-admission event has occurred in relation to the applicant – details of the event; (k) a copy of the financial report and director's report most recently lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission if: (i) the applicant is a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice; and (ii) the reports are required to be prepared in respect of the incorporated legal practice under section 292 of the Corporations Act 2001; (l) the date the applicant was admitted as an Australian lawyer and the jurisdiction in which the applicant was admitted. (2) Neither subregulation (1)(h), (i) nor (j) requires the disclosure of information previously disclosed to the Law Society. incorporated legal practice includes a practising company as defined in section 720 of the Act.