(1)  This section applies if a local practising certificate granted to an Australian legal practitioner –

(a) is amended, suspended or cancelled by the prescribed authority; or

(b) is replaced by another certificate.

(2)  The prescribed authority may give the practitioner a notice requiring the practitioner to return the local practising certificate to the prescribed authority in the way specified in the notice within a specified period of not less than 14 days.

(3)  The practitioner must comply with a notice, unless the practitioner has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(4)  The prescribed authority must return the local practising certificate to the practitioner as soon as practicable –

(a) if the certificate is amended, after amending it; or

(b) if the certificate is suspended and is still current at the end of the suspension period, at the end of the suspension period.

Division 9 - Interstate legal practitioner