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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 16

Discretionary conditions on Australian practising certificate

16 Discretionary conditions on Australian practising certificate

For the purposes of section 53 of the Uniform Law, the discretionary conditions that the designated local regulatory authority may impose on an Australian practising certificate are any one or more of the following--

(a) a condition--
(i) as to the type of legal practice in which the holder may engage, or
(ii) as to the type of legal practice in which the holder must not engage,
(b) a condition that the holder undertake and complete one or more of the following--
(i) continuing legal education,
(ii) specific legal education or training,
(iii) a specified period of supervised legal practice,
(c) a condition restricting the holder to particular arrangements concerning employment or supervision,
(d) a condition that the holder must not supervise legal practice by others,
(e) a condition requiring the holder to undergo counselling or medical treatment or to act in accordance with medical advice given to the holder,
(f) a condition requiring the holder to use the services of an accountant or other financial specialist in connection with the holder's legal practice,
(g) a condition requiring the holder to provide the designated local regulatory authority or a specified body with evidence as to--
(i) any outstanding tax obligations of the holder, and
(ii) provision made by the holder to satisfy any such outstanding obligations,
(h) in relation to a holder who is authorised to engage in legal practice only as a barrister, a condition requiring the holder--
(i) not to engage in legal practice otherwise than as a sole practitioner, or
(ii) not to engage in legal practice in partnership with another person, or
(iii) not to engage in legal practice as an employee of another person, or
(iv) not to hold office as a principal or director of an incorporated legal practice or an unincorporated legal practice,
(i) a condition agreed by the holder,
(j) a condition that is related to a matter referred to in another provision of this rule.



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