Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) This Part applies
to —
(a) any
person who is a legal practitioner, including a legal practitioner who does
not hold a practice certificate;
(b) a
person who was a legal practitioner when the unsatisfactory conduct the
subject of a complaint allegedly occurred but who is no longer a legal
practitioner;
(c) a
deceased legal practitioner;
(d) a
person who is entitled under a law of the Commonwealth to perform in the State
the functions of a barrister or solicitor;
(e) a
person who is an interstate practitioner if the person engages in legal
practice in this State; and
(f) a
person who was an interstate practitioner engaged in legal practice in this
State when the unsatisfactory conduct the subject of a complaint occurred but
who is no longer an interstate practitioner.
(2) For the purposes
of the application of this Part to an interstate practitioner, a reference in
this Part to a practice certificate includes a reference to an interstate
practice certificate.
(3) This Part also
applies —
(a) to a
registered foreign lawyer; and
(b) to a
person who was a registered foreign lawyer engaged in the practice of
foreign law when the alleged unsatisfactory conduct occurred but who is no
longer a registered foreign lawyer,
as if a reference in
this Part to a legal practitioner were a reference to a registered
foreign lawyer and a reference to engaging in legal practice or practising law
were a reference to engaging in the practice of foreign law or practising
foreign law.