Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) An application for the grant or renewal of registration as a foreign lawyer under this Act must be in the form approved by the licensing body under section 587 (an approved form ).
(2) To remove any doubt, an approved form may require the applicant to disclose—
(a) matters that may be relevant to or affect the grant or renewal of registration; and
(b) particulars of any offences for which the applicant has been convicted in Australia or a foreign country, whether before or after the commencement of this section.
(3) An approved form may indicate that convictions of a particular kind need not be disclosed for the purposes of the current application.
(4) An approved form may indicate that particular kinds of matters or particulars previously disclosed in a particular way need not be disclosed for the purposes of the current application.
(5) Subsections (2) to (4) have effect despite the Legislation Act, section 255 (6).