Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 67

67 Application for local practising certificate if show cause event happened after first admission

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person is applying for the grant of a local practising certificate under this Act; and

(b) a show cause event in relation to the person happened, whether before or after the commencement of this section, after the person was first admitted to the legal profession, however the admission was expressed at the time of that admission.

(2) As part of the application, the person must give to the relevant regulatory authority a written statement—

(a) about the show cause event; and

(b) explaining why, despite the event, the person considers himself or herself to be a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate.

(3) However, a person need not give a statement under subsection (2) if the person (as a previous applicant for a local practising certificate or as the holder of a local practising certificate previously in force) has previously given the regulatory authority—

(a) a statement under this section or under the Legal Profession Act 2004 , section 62 ; or

(b) a notice and statement under section 68 , or under the Legal Profession Act 2004 , section 63 , for the show cause event;

explaining why, despite the event, the person considers himself or herself to be a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate.

(4) The regulatory authority must give a copy of a statement under subsection (2) to the commissioner.