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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 14

Prohibition on representing or advertising entitlement to engage in legal practice when not entitled

(1)  A person must not represent or advertise that the person is entitled to engage in legal practice unless the person is an Australian legal practitioner.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
(2)  A director, officer, employee or agent of a body corporate must not represent or advertise that the body corporate is entitled to engage in legal practice unless the body corporate is an incorporated legal practice or a complying community legal centre.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 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 referred to in section 13(2) (Prohibition on engaging in legal practice when not entitled) by a person so entitled.
(4)  A reference in this section to a person –
(a) representing or advertising that the person is entitled to engage in legal practice; or
(b) representing or advertising that a body corporate is entitled to engage in legal practice –
includes a reference to the person doing anything that states or implies that the person or the body corporate is entitled to engage in legal practice.



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