# **Table 3. Mapping:** **_Legal Services_**

|**Australian categories**|**Weight**|**Score**|**Weighted**<br>**score**|**The World Bank data**|**Weight**|**Score**|**Weighted**<br>**score**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**BARRIERS TO ESTABLISHMENT**||||**BARRIERS TO ESTABLISHMENT**||||
|**Form of establishment**|**0.08**|||**Form of establishment**|**0.08**|||
|Prohibition on incorporation|0.08|1||Prohibition of separate legal entity|0.08|1||
|Some form of incorporation permitted|0.08|0.5|**NA**|||||
|No restrictions|0.08|0||Separate legal entity allowed|0.08|0||
|**Foreign partnership or jointventure**|**0.08**|||**Foreign partnership or jointventure**|**0.08**|||
|Prohibition on partnership with foreign professionals|0.08|1||Limit on ownership or control by foreign national is not allowed|0.08|1||
|Partnership or joint venture with local professionals required|0.08|0.5|NA|||||
|No restrictions|0.08|0||ownership or control by foreign national is allowed|0.08|0||
|**Investment and ownership by foreign professionals**|**0.05**|||**Investment and ownership by foreign professionals**|**0.05**|||
|Firms must be owned or controlled by_local_professionals. The score is<br>||||The score is inversely proportional to the maximum foreign equity<br>||||
|inversely proportional to the maximum foreign equity participation<br>permitted in a professional firm|0.05|||participation permitted in a professional firm. If s = maximum<br>foreign equity participation permitted in a professional firm|0.05|1-s||
|**Investment and ownership by non-professional investors**|**0.05**|||**Investment and ownership by non-professional investors**<br>The score is inversel roortional to the maximum euit|**0.05**|||
|Firms must be owned or controlled by professionals. The score is<br>proportional to the non- professional equity permitted in a professional<br>fi F l i iii i f i||||y pp qy<br>participation permitted for non- locally licensed professionals in a<br>professional firm. Let p = the maximum equity participation<br>id f lll lid fil i fil||||
|rm. or exampe , equty partcpaton to maxmum o 75 percent n<br>existing firm receives a score of 0.25|0.05||1|permtte or non- ocay cense proessonas n a proessona<br>firm|0.05|1-p||
|**Nationality or citizenship requirements**|**0.135**|||**Nationality or citizenship requirements**|**0.135**|||
|Nationality required to qualify or to practice|0.135|1||Market closed nationality of host country is required|0.135|1||
|Nationality required for use of professional title, but practice is<br>relatively free|0.135|0.25|**NA**|||||
|No restrictions|0.135|0||No restriction|0.135|0||
|**Residency and localpresence**|**0.135**|||**Residency and localpresence**|**0.135**|||
|Permanent or prior residency (more than 12 months)|0135|1||Residenc in host contr is reired|0135|1||
|Less than 12 months prior residency|.|||y uy qu|.|||
|Prior residency required for local training|0.135<br>0135|0.75<br>05|**NA**<br>**NA**|||||
|Domicile or representative office only|.<br>0.135|.<br>0.25|<br>**NA**|||||
|No restrictions|0.135|0||No restriction|0.135|0||
|**Quotas or economic needs tests on the number of foreign**<br>**professionals and firms**|**0.1 **|||**Quotas or economic needs tests on the number of foreign**<br>**professionals and firms**|**0.1 **|||
|Quotas or economic needs tests<br>|0.1|1||Quotas or economic needs tests|0.1|1||
|Some restrictions apply|0.1|0.5||Labor market test required<br>|0.1|0.5||
|No restrictions|0.1|0||Neither quota or economic needs tests, nor labor market test<br>required|0.1|0||
|**Licensing and accreditation of ****_foreign _professionals**|**0.1 **|||**Licensing and accreditation of****_foreign_professionals**|**0.1 **|||
|Local retraining required for a full license|0.1|1||Foreign training or experience is not recognized|0.1|1||
|Local examination required in all cases|0.1|0.75||Passing a professional exam in the host country is required|0.1|0.75||
|Case-by-case assessment of foreign license and qualifications|0.1|0.5||Automatic recognition of foreign licensee is not granted|0.1|0.5||
|Aptitude tests|0.1|0.25||Foreign licensee professionals are eligible to practice subject to<br>conditions|0.1|0.25||
|<br>Foreign license and qualifications sufficient to practice|0.1|0||No restrictions|0.1|0||

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