(1) An Australian
legal practitioner may be in partnership with a person who is not an
Australian legal practitioner, where the business of the partnership includes
the provision of legal services.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not prevent an Australian legal practitioner from
being in partnership with a person who is not an Australian legal
practitioner, where the business of the partnership does not include the
provision of legal services.
(3) The regulations
may prohibit an Australian legal practitioner from being in partnership with a
person providing a service or conducting a business of a kind specified by the
regulations, where the business of the partnership includes the provision of
legal services.