Corresponding authorities
12 Corresponding authorities
A corresponding authority is:
(a) a person or body having powers or functions under a corresponding law; or
(b) when used in the context of a person or body having powers or functions under this Act (the local authority), a person or body having corresponding powers or functions under a corresponding law.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(b), if the powers or functions of the local authority relate to local lawyers or local legal practitioners generally or are limited to any particular class of local lawyers or local legal practitioners, a person or body having corresponding powers or functions under a corresponding law is a corresponding authority to the local authority.
(3) Subsection (2) applies regardless of whether the powers or functions relate to interstate lawyers or interstate legal practitioners generally or are limited to any particular class of interstate lawyers or interstate legal practitioners.
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