Legal Profession Amendment Act 2001 (TAS)

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Legal Profession Amendment Act 2001

An Act to amend the Legal Profession Act 1993

[Royal Assent 12 April 2001]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Legal Profession Amendment Act 2001 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day or days to be proclaimed. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Legal Profession Act 1993 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 3 amended (Interpretation) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of company : conditions includes limitations, restrictions and prohibitions; corresponding law means a law declared under Part 7A to be a corresponding law; (b) by inserting "otherwise than solely as a barrister" after "account" in paragraph (a) of the definition of firm ; (c) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of Guarantee Fund : interstate legal practitioner means a natural person – (a) who is admitted to legal practice in a participating State; and (b) who holds an interstate practising certificate in respect of that State; and (c) whose principal place of legal practice is that State; interstate practising certificate means a certificate or other authorisation issued and in force in a participating State that corresponds to a practising certificate; (d) by inserting the following definition after the definition of Legal Ombudsman : legal practice means the practice of the law; (e) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a) in the definition of legal practitioner : (ab) an interstate legal practitioner practising in this State; or (f) by inserting the following definition after the definition of "legal practitioner corporation": legal services means services relating to legal practice; (g) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of "local court": local legal practitioner means – (a) a legal practitioner – (i) who holds a practising certificate; and (ii) whose sole or principal place of legal practice is in this State; and (b) a person registered to carry on legal practice in this State under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth; participating State means a State in which a corresponding law is in force; (h) by inserting the following definition after the definition of regulations : regulatory authority means – (a) the Supreme Court, Council or Tribunal; and (b) a person or body in a participating State having a function under legislation relating to the regulation of legal practice that corresponds to that function as exercised by a body referred to in paragraph (a) ; (i) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of solicitor : State includes – (a) the Australian Capital Territory; and (b) the Northern Territory; State office means an office maintained in this State by an interstate legal practitioner or an employer or partner of that practitioner to provide legal services; 5

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