Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person is a local lawyer (other than a local legal practitioner); and
(b) the person's name is removed from an interstate roll; and
(c) the person fails to give the registrar written notice of the removal in accordance with section 93 (1) (Provisions applying to notices under div 2.5.3) not later than 7 days after the day the person receives notice of the removal.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person is a local legal practitioner; and
(b) the person's name is removed from an interstate roll; and
(c) the person fails to give the registrar or the relevant council written notice of the removal in accordance with section 93 (1) not later than 7 days after the day the person receives notice of the removal.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) This section does not apply if the name has been removed from an interstate roll under a provision that corresponds to section 94 (Peremptory removal of local lawyer's name from local roll following removal in another jurisdiction).
(4) Strict liability applies to subsection (1) (a) and subsection (2) (a).