Legal Profession Act 2006

(1) A person who is not an Australian legal practitioner must not engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to engaging in legal practice of the following kinds:

(a) legal practice engaged in under the authority of a law of this jurisdiction or of the Commonwealth;

(b) legal practice engaged in by an incorporated legal practice in accordance with Part 2.6;

(c) the practice of foreign law by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer in accordance with Part 2.7;

(e) carrying on business as a conveyancing agent or real estate agent under a licence under the Agents Licensing Act 1979;

(f) preparing wills or administering estates in the course of employment in the office of the Public Trustee;

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant proves that the defendant did not engage in the legal practice for fee, gain or reward.

(4) A person is not entitled to recover any amount in respect of anything the person did in contravention of subsection (1).

(5) A person may recover from another person, as a debt due to the person, any amount the person paid to the other person in respect of anything the other person did in contravention of subsection (1).

(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the application (with or without specified modifications) of provisions of this Act to persons engaged in legal practice of a kind referred to in subsection (2) other than paragraphs (a) and (b).