Regulation 56

The Director of Legal Services must notify an applicant for a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence in writing of the decision of the Director of Legal Services under section 171(2) of the Act.

If an application for a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence under section 171(1) of the Act is granted, the Director of Legal Services must issue the applicant a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence for such period as the Director of Legal Services may specify in the licence.

If, at any time after a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence is issued under section 171 of the Act, the Director of Legal Services is satisfied that the application for the licence, or any certificate or other document accompanying that application, contains any substantially false statement or a suppression of any material fact, or that any such certificate or document was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, the Director of Legal Services may cancel the licence.

The prescribed date for the purposes of section 171(7) and (9) of the Act is 18 November 2015.