Legal Practitioners Act 1981

For the purposes of this Act, an associate of a law practice is—

a legal practitioner who is—

a sole practitioner (in the case of a law practice constituted by the practitioner); or

a partner in the law practice (in the case of a firm of legal practitioners); or

a legal practitioner director in the law practice (in the case of an incorporated legal practice); or

a legal practitioner director in an incorporated legal practice that is a member of the law practice (in the case of a firm of incorporated legal practices or a firm of legal practitioners and incorporated legal practices); or

an employee of, or consultant to, the law practice;

an agent of the law practice who is not a legal practitioner;

an employee of the law practice who is not a legal practitioner;

an Australian-registered foreign lawyer who is a partner in the law practice; or

an Australian-registered foreign lawyer who has a relationship with the law practice, being a relationship that is of a class prescribed by the regulations.

For the purposes of this Act, a legal practitioner associate of a law practice is an associate of the practice who is a legal practitioner.

For the purposes of this Act, a principal of a law practice is a legal practitioner who is—

a sole practitioner (in the case of a law practice constituted by the practitioner); or

a partner in the law practice (in the case of a firm of legal practitioners or of incorporated legal practices or of both); or

a legal practitioner director in the law practice (in the case of an incorporated legal practice that is a law practice); or

a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice that is a member of the law practice (in the case of a firm of incorporated legal practices); or

a legal practitioner who is generally responsible for the provision of legal services by the law practice (in the case of a community legal centre).