Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a local practising certificate granted to an Australian legal practitioner:
(a) is amended, suspended or cancelled by the Law Society; or
(b) is replaced by another certificate.
(2) The Society may give the practitioner a notice requiring the practitioner to return the certificate to the Society in the way specified in the notice within a specified period of not less than 14 days.
(3) The practitioner must comply with the notice.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) if the practitioner has a reasonable excuse.
(5) The Society must:
(a) if the certificate is amended – give the practitioner the amended certificate or a replacement certificate as soon as practicable after the amendment is made; or
(b) if the certificate is replaced – give the practitioner the replacement certificate as soon as practicable after it is issued; or
(c) if the certificate is suspended and is still current at the end of the suspension period – give the practitioner the amended certificate or a replacement certificate as soon as practicable after the end of the suspension period.