(1)  This section applies if –

(a) a person's name is removed from an interstate roll but he or she remains an Australian lawyer; and

(b) he or she is the holder of a local practising certificate; and

(c) no order referred to in section 108(1)(b) (Order for non-removal of name or non-cancellation of local practising certificate) is, at the time of that removal, in force in relation to it.

(2)  The prescribed authority must cancel the local practising certificate as soon as practicable after receiving official written notification of the removal.

(3)  The prescribed authority may, but need not, give the person notice of the date on which the prescribed authority proposes to cancel the local practising certificate.

(4)  The prescribed authority must, as soon as practicable, give the person notice of the cancellation, unless notice of the date of the proposed cancellation was previously given.

(5)  Nothing in this section prevents the former local lawyer from afterwards applying for a local practising certificate.

(6)  The prescribed authority must advise the Board of any action taken under this section.