Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
"migration restriction" means a restriction
imposed on a person who is not an Australian citizen under the Migration
Act 1958 of the Commonwealth that has the effect of limiting the period
during which work may be done, or business may be transacted, in Australia by
the person.
(2) A person must not
practise foreign law in this State unless —
(a) the
person is a certificated practitioner;
(b) the
person is a registered foreign lawyer; or
(c) the
person is a foreign lawyer who practises foreign law in this State on a
temporary basis or who is subject to a migration restriction and
who —
(i)
does not maintain an office for the purpose of practising
as a legal practitioner in this State; or
(ii)
does not have a commercial legal presence in this State.
Penalty: $10 000.
(3) A person who
contravenes subsection (2) is not entitled to recover any amount in
respect of anything done during the course of that contravention and must
repay any amount so received to the person from whom it was received.
(4) If a person does
not repay an amount required by subsection (3) to be repaid, the person
entitled to be repaid may recover the amount from the person as a debt in a
court of competent jurisdiction.