New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 461

461 Compliance with recommendations or orders made under corresponding laws

(1) Persons and bodies (other than the Supreme Court) having relevant powers or other functions under this Law as applied in this jurisdiction must (as far as practicable)--

(a) give effect to or enforce any recommendation or order of a corresponding disciplinary body or other corresponding authority made under a corresponding law in relation to powers or other functions exercisable under this Law; and

(b) give effect to or enforce any recommendation or order of a corresponding disciplinary body or other corresponding authority made under a corresponding law so far as the recommendation or order relates to the practice of law by a lawyer in this jurisdiction.

(2) If a corresponding disciplinary body makes a recommendation that a person's name be removed under this Law as applied in this jurisdiction from the Supreme Court roll, the Supreme Court may, without holding a further hearing, order the removal of the name from the Supreme Court roll.

(3) In this section--

"corresponding disciplinary body" means--

(a) a court or tribunal of another jurisdiction having powers or functions under a corresponding law that correspond to any of the functions of the designated tribunal; or

(b) another Supreme Court exercising--

(i) its inherent jurisdiction or powers in relation to the control and discipline of any Australian lawyers; or

(ii) its jurisdiction or powers to make orders under a corresponding law of that jurisdiction in relation to any Australian lawyers;

"lawyer" , when used alone, has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 5 (see section 261).