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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 109

Lawyer to give notice of foreign regulatory action

    (1)     A person is guilty of an offence if:

        (a)     the person is a local lawyer other than a local legal practitioner; and

        (b)     foreign regulatory action has been taken in relation to the person; and

        (c)     the person fails to give a Registrar written notice of the action as soon as practicable after it is taken.

Maximum penalty:     500 penalty units.

    (2)     A person is guilty of an offence if:

        (a)     the person is a local legal practitioner; and

        (b)     foreign regulatory action has been taken in relation to the person; and

        (c)     the person fails to give the Law Society written notice of the action as soon as practicable after it is taken.

Maximum penalty:     500 penalty units.

    (3)     Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a).



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