18Locally registered foreign lawyers not covered by Guarantee Fund

18 Locally registered foreign lawyers not covered by Guarantee Fund

(1)  This regulation applies to a locally registered foreign lawyer practising foreign law in this jurisdiction otherwise than as an associate of a law practice.

(2)  A foreign lawyer to whom this regulation applies may not practise foreign law in this jurisdiction on behalf of a client unless he or she has provided the client with a disclosure statement in respect of his or her lack of cover by the Guarantee Fund.

(3)  A disclosure statement under subregulation (2) is not valid unless –

(a) it is in writing; and

(b) it is in English or, if the client does not have a reasonable understanding of English, in some other language of which the client has a reasonable understanding; and

(c) it states that the foreign lawyer is not covered by the Guarantee Fund with respect to the practice of foreign law in this jurisdiction; and

(d) it states that Australian legal practitioners generally are covered by the Guarantee Fund.