Terms relating to lawyers

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For this Act:

(a)

an Australian lawyer is a person who is admitted to the legal profession under this Act or a corresponding law; and

(b)

a local lawyer is a person who is admitted to the legal profession under this Act (whether or not the person is also admitted under a corresponding law); and

(c)

an interstate lawyer is a person who is admitted to the legal profession under a corresponding law, but not under this Act.

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5 Terms relating to lawyers