Nature of incorporated legal practice
111 Nature of incorporated legal practice
A corporation is an incorporated legal practice if it engages in legal practice in this jurisdiction, whether or not it provides services that are not legal services.
However, a corporation is not an incorporated legal practice if the only legal services that the corporation provides are either or both of the following—
in-house legal services;
services that are not legally required to be provided by an Australian legal practitioner and that are provided by an officer or employee of the corporation who is not an Australian legal practitioner.
Also, a corporation that provides legal services is not an incorporated legal practice if the corporation is prescribed under a regulation as a corporation that is not an incorporated legal practice.
Despite subsection (2) and (3), a corporation that is not an incorporated legal practice as mentioned in those subsections must comply with any regulation applying provisions of this part, with or without changes, to that corporation.
Nothing in this part affects or applies to the provision by an incorporated legal practice of legal services in 1 or more other jurisdictions.
This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation
, any regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Legal Profession Regulation 2017
- Legal Profession (Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules) Notice 2024
- Legal Profession (Barristers Rules) Notice 2025
1 more instrument made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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