Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A regulatory authority may enter into arrangements (jurisdiction protocols) with regulatory authorities of other jurisdictions about deciding--
(a) the jurisdiction in which an Australian lawyer practises law principally or can reasonably expect to practise law principally; or
(b) the circumstances in which an arrangement under which an Australian legal practitioner practises in a jurisdiction--
(i) may be regarded as being of a temporary nature; or
(ii) ceases to be of a temporary nature; or
(c) the circumstances in which an Australian legal practitioner may reasonably expect to practise law principally in a jurisdiction during the currency of the practitioner's practising certificate.
(2) For this Act, and to the extent that jurisdiction protocols are relevant, a matter mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) must be decided under the jurisdiction protocols.
(3) The regulatory authority may enter into an arrangement that amends, revokes or replaces a jurisdiction protocol.
(4) A jurisdiction protocol, or an amendment, revocation or replacement of a jurisdiction protocol, has effect in this jurisdiction only to the extent it is approved under a regulation.