Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if a person's registration under this part as a foreign lawyer is amended, suspended or cancelled.
(2) The relevant council may give the person a written notice requiring the person to return the person's local registration certificate to the relevant council in the way (if any) stated in the notice within a stated period of not less than 14 days after the day the person is given the notice.
(3) The person must comply with the notice.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(5) The relevant council must return the person's local registration certificate to the person—
(a) if the certificate is amended—after amending it; or
(b) if the registration is suspended and is still current at the end of the suspension period—at the end of the suspension period.