Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 158

    (1)     An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may (subject to any conditions attaching to the foreign lawyer's registration) practise foreign law—

        (a)     on the foreign lawyer's own account; or

        (b)     in partnership with 1 or more Australian-registered foreign lawyers or 1 or more Australian legal practitioners, or both, in circumstances where, if the Australian-registered foreign lawyer were an Australian legal practitioner, the partnership would be permitted under an ACT law; or

        (c)     as a director or employee of an incorporated legal practice or a partner or employee of a multidisciplinary partnership that is permitted by an ACT law; or

        (d)     as an employee of an Australian legal practitioner or law firm in circumstances where, if the Australian-registered foreign lawyer were an Australian legal practitioner, the employment would be permitted under an ACT law; or

        (e)     as an employee of an Australian-registered foreign lawyer.

    (2)     An affiliation mentioned in subsection (1) (b) to (e) does not entitle the Australian-registered foreign lawyer to practise Australian law in the ACT.