South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts52AA—Professional indemnity insurance required by interstate
practitioner establishing office in this State
(1) This section
applies to an interstate legal practitioner who—
(a)
establishes an office in this State; and
(b) if
he or she were a local legal practitioner, would be covered by a scheme
providing professional indemnity insurance.
(2) An
interstate legal practitioner to whom this section applies must not
practise the profession of the law in this State unless there is in force
approved professional indemnity insurance in respect of his or her legal
practice in this State.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) If an interstate
legal practitioner fails to comply with this section, the Supreme Court may,
on application by the Attorney-General or the Society, suspend the
practitioner's right to practise the profession of the law in this State until
this section is complied with.
(4) The Supreme Court
must give notice of a suspension imposed under subsection (3) to any
regulatory authority that is authorised to seek or impose a corresponding
suspension in a State in which the practitioner is admitted as a
legal practitioner.
(5) In this
section—
"approved professional indemnity insurance" means insurance—
(a) that
has been approved by the Attorney-General; or
(b) that
is of a class or kind that has been approved by the Attorney-General.