South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts23D—Notification of establishment of office required
(1) An
interstate legal practitioner or Australian-registered foreign lawyer who
establishes an office in this State must, within the period after establishing
the office prescribed by the regulations, give written notice to the Supreme
Court.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) A notice under
this section must contain the particulars prescribed by the regulations and be
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) A person giving
notice to the Supreme Court under this section must furnish to the Supreme
Court any evidence or information that the Supreme Court may require in
relation to the practitioner's legal practice in this or any other State or
jurisdiction.
(4) If an interstate
legal practitioner fails to give notice, or furnish evidence or information,
in accordance with this section, the Supreme Court may, on application by the
Commissioner, the Attorney-General or the Society, suspend the practitioner's
right to practise the profession of the law in this State until this section
is complied with.
(5) The Supreme Court
must give notice of a suspension imposed under subsection (4) to any
regulatory authority that is authorised to seek or impose a corresponding
suspension in a State in which the practitioner is admitted as a
legal practitioner.
(6) The Supreme Court
must cause a register to be kept of the persons who have given notice under
this section.
(7) A member of the
public may inspect the register kept under subsection (6).