Regulation 73
Cancellation of approval under section 176(1) or (9) of Act in certain circumstances
of Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015
Subregulation 1
If, at any time after a foreign lawyer has been granted an approval under section 176(1) of the Act, the Director of Legal Services is satisfied that the application for the approval, 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 approval; and
upon the cancellation of the approval, the foreign lawyer’s certificate of approval under section 176(1) of the Act ceases to be in force.
Subregulation 2
If, at any time after a foreign law practice has been granted an approval under section 176(9) of the Act, the Director of Legal Services is satisfied that the application for the approval, 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 approval; and
upon the cancellation of the approval, the certificate of approval issued under section 176(9) of the Act ceases to be in force.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of this rule, it is irrelevant whether any application for approval referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), or any certificate or other document accompanying that application, was made before, on or after 18 November 2015.