Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 177

177 .         Other ways of amending or cancelling registration

        (1)         The Board may —

            (a)         amend the registration of a locally registered foreign lawyer if the lawyer requests the Board to do so; or

            (b)         suspend the registration of a locally registered foreign lawyer for a specified period if the lawyer requests the Board to do so or agrees to the Board doing so; or

            (c)         cancel the registration of a locally registered foreign lawyer if the lawyer requests the Board to do so or surrenders the lawyer’s local registration certificate to the Board.

        (2)         The Board may amend a locally registered foreign lawyer’s registration —

            (a)         for a formal or clerical reason; or

            (b)         in another way that does not adversely affect the lawyer’s interests.

        (3)         The amendment, suspension or cancellation of registration under this section is effected by written notice given to the lawyer.

        (4)         Section 175 does not apply in the case of an amendment, suspension or cancellation under this section.