(1)  This section applies to a person who is not an Australian legal practitioner and who is or was a lay associate of a law practice that –

(a) engages in legal practice principally in this jurisdiction; or

(b) employs or employed the person to work principally in this jurisdiction –

and so applies whether or not the law practice subsequently ceased to exist or engage in legal practice principally in this jurisdiction and whether or not any person ceases, by death or otherwise, to be a legal practitioner associate of the law practice.

(2)  On application by the Board, the Supreme Court may make an order prohibiting any law practice from employing or paying in connection with the legal practice engaged in by the law practice a specified person to whom this section applies, if –

(a) the Supreme Court is satisfied that the person is not a fit and proper person to be employed or paid in connection with that legal practice; or

(b) the Supreme Court is satisfied that the person has been guilty of conduct that, if the person were an Australian legal practitioner, would have constituted unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.

(3)  An order made under subsection (2) may be made for a specified period or indefinitely.

(4)  An order under this section may apply to a specified law practice or specified class of law practices or may apply to law practices generally.

(5)  An order under this section may be revoked by the Supreme Court on application by the Board or the person against whom the order was made.