Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 17

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person represents or advertises that the person is entitled to engage in legal practice; and

        (b)     the person is not an Australian legal practitioner.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation; and

        (b)     the person represents or advertises that the corporation is entitled to engage in legal practice; and

        (c)     the corporation is not an incorporated legal practice.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a representation or advertisement about being entitled to engage in legal practice of a kind mentioned in section 16 (3) (Prohibition on engaging in legal practice if not entitled).

    (4)     A reference in this section to—

        (a)     a person representing or advertising that the person is entitled to engage in legal practice; or

        (b)     a person representing or advertising that a corporation is entitled to engage in legal practice;

includes a reference to the person doing anything that states or implies that the person or the corporation is entitled to engage in legal practice.