Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Law Society may enter into arrangements ("jurisdiction protocols") with regulatory authorities of other jurisdictions about deciding:
(a) the jurisdiction in which an Australian lawyer engages in legal practice principally or can reasonably expect to engage in legal practice principally; or
(b) the circumstances in which an arrangement under which an Australian legal practitioner practises in a jurisdiction:
(i) can be regarded as being of a temporary nature; or
(ii) ceases to be of a temporary nature; or
(c) the circumstances in which an Australian legal practitioner can reasonably expect to engage in legal practice principally in a jurisdiction during the currency of an Australian practising certificate.
(2) For this Act, and to the extent a jurisdiction protocol is relevant, a matter referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) must be decided in accordance with the protocol.
(3) The Society may enter into arrangements that amend, revoke or replace a jurisdiction protocol.
(4) A jurisdiction protocol does not have effect in this jurisdiction unless it is embodied or identified in the regulations.