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Practising Certificate - Northern Territory

Description

You will need this certificate if you intend to practice as a legal practitioner in the Northern Territory.

There are five types of practising certificates issued:

  • unrestricted - usually issued to firm partners, sole practitioners, and senior solicitors in government departments, or legal aid organisations
  • restricted - employee solicitor in a legal firm, government department or legal aid service. Must be supervised by the holder of an Unrestricted PC
  • restricted corporate lawyer - issued to an employee solicitor in a private corporation or a solicitor who advises only their employer organisation
  • restricted volunteer lawyer - issued to a practitioner who engages in supervised legal practise as a volunteer in a complying community legal centre
  • barrister - Australian legal practitioner practising as counsel only. The Society has adopted a formal policy as to what constitutes the work of a practitioner engaging in legal practice in the manner of a barrister only.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible, you must:

  • be an Australian lawyer or a lawyer who reasonably expects to be engaged in legal practice in the NT for the currency of the certificate
  • possess professional indemnity insurance if you are applying for the categories of sole practitioner, principles of a law firm and barrister.

If you are applying for a Northern Territory practising certificate for the first time, you must:

  • provide a current Certificate of Fitness from each jurisdiction in which you have been admitted
  • provide a certified copy of your Admission Certificate from each jurisdiction in which you have been admitted
  • if applicable, provide evidence that you have surrendered your interstate practising certificate.

Duration

Up to one year

Expiry

30 June

Fees

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Fee information is in the attached fee resource.

Act(s) name

Legal Profession Act 2006 Northern Territory

Regulation(s) name

Legal Profession Regulations 2007 Northern Territory

Administering agency

Law Society Northern Territory

Contact details

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