Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) This section
applies to a person who —
(a) is
not an Australian legal practitioner; and
(b) is
or was the partner of an Australian legal practitioner.
(2) On application by
the Board, the State Administrative Tribunal may make an order prohibiting any
Australian legal practitioner from being a partner, in a business that
includes the provision of legal services, of a specified person to whom this
section applies if —
(a) the
Tribunal is satisfied that the person is not a fit and proper person to be a
partner; or
(b) the
Tribunal is satisfied that the person has been guilty of conduct that, if the
person were an Australian legal practitioner, would have constituted
unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct; or
(c) in
the case of a corporation, if the Tribunal is satisfied that the corporation
has been disqualified from providing legal services in this jurisdiction or
there are grounds for disqualifying the corporation from providing legal
services in this jurisdiction.
(3) An order made
under this section may be revoked by the State Administrative Tribunal on
application by the Board or by the person against whom the order was made.
(4) The death of an
Australian legal practitioner does not prevent an application being made for,
or the making of, an order under this section in relation to a person who was
a partner of the practitioner.
(5) The regulations
may make provision for or with respect to the publication and notification of
orders made under this section.