New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 18

18 Applicant for grant or renewal of Australian practising certificate intending to practise outside Australia

(1) This rule applies in relation to an application for the grant or renewal of an Australian practising certificate in a participating jurisdiction if the applicant does not reasonably intend to engage in legal practice in Australia during the currency of the certificate or renewal applied for.

(2) For the purposes of section 44(5) of the Uniform Law, the application may be made in any participating jurisdiction.

Note : This rule applies to a person who intends to practise exclusively outside Australia during the currency of the certificate or renewal applied for.
In the case of a person who practises both within and outside Australia, the application is to be made by reference to the person's practice in Australia: section 44(4) of the Uniform Law. For this purpose of determining the place where the application is to be made, the person's overseas practice is to be disregarded (even if it forms the principal portion of the person's overall practice), so that eligibility is determined by reference to the person's practice in Australia.