Progress on the implementation of the national Model Provisions
All States and Territories are committed to adopting the national Model Provisions regulating legal practitioners by the end of 2007. The current status in each jurisdiction is as follows:


Australian Capital Territory
The Model Provisions have been adopted in the Legal Profession Act 2006. Updates are expected mid-2007.

New South Wales
The Model Provisions have been adopted in the Legal Profession Act 2004.

Northern Territory
The Model Provisions have been adopted in the Legal Practitioners Act 2006 and are effective from 1 April 2007.

Queensland
The Model Provisions have been adopted in the Legal Profession Act 2004 and the Supreme Court (Legal Practitioners Admission) Rules 2004. Practitioners who have been admitted in other States and Territories can apply for a Queensland practising certificate, however, they will not appear on the Queensland Roll of Practitioners. To appear on the Roll, practitioners must apply for a certificate under the Mutual Recognition (Qld) Act 1992. Various updates on the incorporated National Model are expected in early 2007.

Victoria
The Legal Profession Act 2004, based on the National Model Legal Profession legislation, allows legal practitioners in Australia to practise law throughout the country with one practising certificate. At present, the Rules governing admission in Victoria are being revised. The current Rules can be located in Statutory Rule 144 (1999) from the Legal Practice Admission Rules 1999 and Statutory Rule 149 (2005) from the Legal Practice Admission Amendments Rules 2005.

Western Australia
The draft bill, Legal Profession Bill 2007, has been deemed for implemention in July 2007. The current law governing lawyer regulations is the Legal Practice Act 2003, effective from January 2004.

Tasmania
The Model Provsions have not been incorporated as yet. Revisions to the Legal Profession Act 1993 are expected by July 2007.

South Australia
The National Model is expected to be incorporated into legislation by July 2007. The current law is the Legal Practitioners Act 1981.