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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 187

Grounds for amending, suspending or cancelling registration

(1)  Each of the following is a ground for amending, suspending or cancelling a person’s registration as a foreign lawyer:
(a) the registration was obtained because of incorrect or misleading information;
(b) the person fails to comply with a requirement of this Part;
(c) the person fails to comply with a condition imposed on the person’s registration;
(d) the person becomes the subject of disciplinary proceedings in Australia or a foreign country (including any preliminary investigations or action that might lead to disciplinary proceedings) in his or her capacity as –
(i) an overseas-registered foreign lawyer; or
(ii) an Australian-registered foreign lawyer; or
(iii) an Australian lawyer;
(e) the person has been convicted of an offence in Australia or a foreign country;
(f) the person's registration is cancelled or currently suspended in any place as a result of any disciplinary action in Australia or a foreign country;
(g) the person does not meet the requirements of section 175 (Professional indemnity insurance);
(h) another ground the domestic registration authority considers sufficient.
(2)  Subsection (1) does not limit the grounds on which conditions may be imposed on registration as a foreign lawyer under section 203 (Conditions imposed by domestic registration authority).



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