Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 75

75 Extent of entitlement of interstate legal practitioner to practise in this jurisdiction

(1) This part does not authorise an interstate legal practitioner to engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction to a greater extent than a local legal practitioner could be authorised under a local practising certificate.

(2) Also, an interstate legal practitioner’s right to engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction—

(a) is subject to—

(i) specific provisions under this Act applying to interstate legal practitioners; and

(ii) any conditions imposed by the relevant regulatory authority under section 76 in relation to the interstate legal practitioner; and

(b) is, to the greatest practicable extent and with all necessary changes—

(i) the same as the practitioner’s right to engage in legal practice in the practitioner’s home jurisdiction; and

(ii) subject to any condition applicable to the practitioner’s right to engage in legal practice in that jurisdiction, including any conditions imposed on his or her admission to the legal profession in this or another jurisdiction.

(3) If there is an inconsistency between conditions mentioned in subsection (2) (a) and conditions mentioned in subsection (2) (b) , the conditions the relevant regulatory authority considers more onerous prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

(4) An interstate legal practitioner must not engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction in a way that is not authorised under this Act or in contravention of any condition mentioned in this section.