South Australian Numbered Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO 44 OF 2013) - SECT 18

18—Amendment of section 21—Entitlement to practise

        (1)         Section 21(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         A natural person must not practise the profession of the law, or hold himself or herself out, or permit another to hold him or her out, as being entitled to practise the profession of the law unless the person—

            (a)         is a local legal practitioner; or

            (b)         is an interstate legal practitioner.

Maximum penalty: $50 000.

        (2)         Section 21(2)(c)—delete "memorandum or articles of association" and substitute:

constitution

        (3)         Section 21—after subsection (4) insert:

        (4a)         In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), a certificate purporting to be signed by the Chief Executive and stating that a person is not a local legal practitioner or not an interstate legal practitioner is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, prima facie evidence of that fact.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback