Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 136

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a legal practitioner partner of a multidisciplinary partnership; and

        (b)     the person starts to provide legal services in the ACT as a member of the partnership; and

        (c)     the person has not given written notice to the law society council of the person's intention to start providing the legal services.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note     If a form is approved by the law society council under s 587 for this provision, the form must be used.

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.