Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 662

662 .         Evidence Act 1906 amended

        (1)         The amendments in this section are to the Evidence Act 1906 .

        (2)         Section 122 is amended by deleting “Despite section 123 of the Legal Practice Act 2003 a person who is entitled to practise as a legal practitioner in a participating jurisdiction is entitled to practise as a barrister, solicitor or both — ” and inserting instead —

“
                A person who is entitled to practise as an Australian legal practitioner (within the meaning of that term in the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3) in a participating jurisdiction is entitled to practise as an Australian legal practitioner —

”.