Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Before a corporation starts to engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction, the corporation must give the Law Society written notice, in the approved form, of its intention to do so.
(2) A corporation must not engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction if it is in default of this section under subsection (3).
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
(3) A corporation that fails to comply with subsection (1) is in default of this section until it gives the Society written notice, in the approved form, of:
(a) the failure; and
(b) the fact that it has started to engage in legal practice.
(4) The giving of a notice under subsection (3) does not affect a corporation's liability under subsection (1) or (2).
(5) A corporation is not entitled to recover any amount for anything the corporation did in contravention of subsection (2).
(6) A person may recover from a corporation, as a debt due to the person, any amount the person paid to or at the direction of the corporation for anything the corporation did in contravention of subsection (2).
(7) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
(8) This section does not apply to a corporation referred to in section 119(2)(a) to (e).