Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Except as stated
in subsection (3), the publication of a statement that states only the name of
a lawyer or a law practice and the contact details of the lawyer or law
practice, with or without information as to any area of practice, speciality,
or accreditation, of the lawyer or law practice, is allowed if it is —
(a) in a
printed publication; or
(b) by
publishing on an internet website an electronic version merely reproducing a
statement in a printed publication that is published independently of a
lawyer; or
(c) part
of the publication on an internet website of the contents of a directory or
database that is published or maintained independently of a lawyer; or
(d) by
public exhibition in, on, over, or under, any building, vehicle, or place, or
in the air, in view of persons in or on any street or public place; or
(e) in a
printed document gratuitously sent or delivered to any person or thrown or
left on premises occupied by any person or left on a vehicle; or
(f) in a
printed document provided to a person as a receipt or record relating to a
transaction.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1)(b) or (c), a printed publication, directory, or database is
published or maintained independently of a lawyer only if —
(a) it
is not published or maintained by the lawyer or by a partner, employee or
member of the lawyer’s practice; and
(b) the
person who publishes or maintains it does so in the ordinary course of the
conduct of the person’s business or affairs.
(3) Subsection (1)
does not allow the publication of a statement —
(a) by
public exhibition in or on a hospital; or
(b) in a
printed document gratuitously sent or delivered to a hospital or left in a
hospital or on a vehicle in the vicinity of a hospital.
[Section 18 amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 646(5); No.
9 of 2022 s. 341.]