Legal Profession Act 2006

This chapter sets out general requirements for engaging in legal practice in the ACT.

The following is a general outline of the contents of this chapter:

part 2.2 provides for the reservation of legal work and legal titles to properly qualified entities;

part 2.3 sets out the qualifications and procedure for admission to legal practice in the ACT;

part 2.4 provides for the grant, renewal, amendment, suspension and cancellation of practising certificates in the ACT and sets out the entitlements of holders of interstate practising certificates to engage in legal practice in the ACT;

part 2.5 provides a scheme for notification of and response to action taken by courts and other authorities in the ACT and other jurisdictions regarding admission to the legal profession and the right to engage in legal practice;

part 2.6 regulates the provision of legal services in the ACT by corporations and by partnerships that provide legal services and nonlegal services;

part 2.7 regulates the practice of the law of a foreign country in the ACT;

part 2.8 regulates the provision of legal services in the ACT by community legal centres.

Subsection (2) is intended only as a guide to the general scheme of this chapter.

Part 2.2 Reservation of legal work and legal titles