Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies to a show cause event that happens in relation to a locally-registered foreign lawyer.
(2) The locally-registered foreign lawyer must provide to the Law Society both of the following:
(a) within 7 days after the happening of the event – notice, in the approved form, that the event happened;
(b) within 28 days after the happening of the event – a written statement explaining why, despite the show cause event, the person considers himself or herself to be a fit and proper person to be a locally-registered foreign lawyer.
(3) If a written statement is provided after the 28 days mentioned in subsection (2)(b), the Society may accept the statement and take it into consideration.