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Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014
149Register of local practising certificates
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#### 149 Register of local practising certificates
149 Register of local practising certificates
> > (1) The appropriate Council must keep a register of the names of Australian lawyers to whom it grants local practising certificates.
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> > (2) The register may include the details that may be included in the register under section 435 of the [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a) and must not include the details that must not be included in the register under that section. Subsection (3) prevails over this subsection in the event of an inconsistency.
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> > (3) The local regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—
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> > > (a) the information that may or must be included in the register,
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> > > (b) the notification by local legal practitioners to the appropriate Council of changes of particulars,
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> > > (c) the notification by the appropriate Council to other authorities of particulars contained in the register,
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> > > (d) the removal of information from the register relating to former holders of certificates.
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> > (4) The register must state the conditions (if any) imposed on a local practising certificate in relation to engaging in legal practice.
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> > (5) A condition imposed on a local practising certificate relating to infirmity, injury or mental or physical illness is not to be stated on the register unless—
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> > > (a) the condition restricts the holder’s right to engage in legal practice, or
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> > > (b) the holder consents to the condition being stated on the register.
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> > (6) The register may be kept in a form determined by the appropriate Council.
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> > (7) The appropriate Council may publish, in circumstances that it considers appropriate, the names of persons kept on the register and any other information included in the register concerning those persons.
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> > (8) The register must be available for inspection, without charge, at the appropriate Council’s office during normal business hours.