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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 86

Protocols

(1)  The prescribed authority may enter into arrangements ( " protocols " ) with regulatory authorities of other jurisdictions about determining –
(a) the jurisdiction in which an Australian lawyer engages in legal practice principally or can reasonably expect to engage in legal practice principally; or
(b) the circumstances in which an arrangement under which an Australian legal practitioner practises in a jurisdiction –
(i) can be regarded as being of a temporary nature; or
(ii) ceases to be of a temporary nature; or
(c) the circumstances in which an Australian legal practitioner can reasonably expect to engage in legal practice principally in a jurisdiction during the currency of an Australian practising certificate.
(2)  For the purposes of this Act, and to the extent that the protocols are relevant, a matter referred to in subsection (1)(a) , (b) or (c) is to be determined in accordance with the protocols.
(3)  The prescribed authority may enter into arrangements that amend, revoke or replace a protocol.
(4)  A protocol does not have effect in this jurisdiction unless it is adopted in the regulations.



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