Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIn this part—
"Australia" includes the external Territories.
"Australian law" means law of the Commonwealth or of a jurisdiction.
"foreign law practice" means a partnership or corporate entity that is
entitled to engage in legal practice in a foreign country.
"foreign registration authority" means an entity in a foreign country having
the function, conferred by the law of the foreign country, of registering
persons to engage in legal practice in the foreign country.
"local registration certificate" means a registration certificate given under
this part.
"overseas-registered foreign lawyer" means an individual who is properly
registered to engage in legal practice in a foreign country by the
foreign registration authority for the country.
"practise foreign law" means doing work, or transacting business, in this
jurisdiction concerning foreign law, being work or business of a kind that, if
it concerned the law of this jurisdiction, would ordinarily be done or
transacted by an Australian legal practitioner.
"registered" , when used in connection with a foreign country, means having
all necessary licences, approvals, admissions, certificates or other forms of
authorisation (including practising certificates) required under legislation
for engaging in legal practice in that country.