46Notification of principal place of practice

46 Notification of principal place of practice

46 Notification of principal place of practice

(1) If an Australian lawyer reasonably intends that this jurisdiction will be his or her principal place of practice, he or she must notify the designated local regulatory authority of that intention—

(a) on application for the grant or renewal of an Australian practising certificate in this jurisdiction; and

(b) within 14 days after his or her principal place of practice changes, if that change coincides with the move to this jurisdiction from another jurisdiction of the permanent office in or through which the lawyer engages in legal practice.

(2) The designated local regulatory authority may reject the notification if it considers that it is reasonably likely that another jurisdiction will be the Australian lawyer’s principal place of practice.