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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 - SECT 159

159 .         Advertising

        (1)         An Australian-registered foreign lawyer is required to comply with any advertising restrictions imposed by the Board or by law on the legal practice engaged in by an Australian legal practitioner that are relevant to the practice of law in this jurisdiction.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), an Australian-registered foreign lawyer must not advertise (or use any description on the lawyer’s letterhead or any other document used in this jurisdiction to identify the lawyer as a lawyer) in any way that —

            (a)         might reasonably be regarded as —

                  (i)         false, misleading or deceptive; or

                  (ii)         suggesting that the Australian-registered foreign lawyer is an Australian legal practitioner;

                or

            (b)         contravenes any requirement of the regulations.



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