Legal Profession Act 2007

Generally, this chapter seeks to achieve the main purposes of this Act by providing that—

legal practice is engaged in only by persons who are properly qualified and hold a current practising certificate; and

only persons who are eligible and fit and proper persons for admission to the legal profession are admitted; and

an Australian lawyer may obtain a local practising certificate from the law society or bar association and become a local legal practitioner; and

police reports and health assessment reports may be obtained for purposes stated in this Act; and

the regulation of legal practice on a national basis is promoted by providing for inter-jurisdictional provisions regarding admission to the legal profession and practising certificates; and

a corporation may engage in legal practice as an incorporated legal practice while it has a legal practitioner director, and a partnership, consisting of at least 1 partner who is not an Australian legal practitioner, may engage in providing legal services in this jurisdiction if there is at least 1 legal practitioner partner; and

foreign lawyers may practise foreign law in this jurisdiction as a recognised aspect of legal practice in this jurisdiction to encourage and facilitate the internationalisation of legal services and the legal services sector.

Subsection (1) is intended only as a guide to readers as to the general scheme of this chapter.