Ceasing to practice as a barrister

I think we'd need to know more about the question to really comment, but as a barrister you either have a practising certificate, in which case you can practise, or you do not, in which case you cannot. Other roles that you undertake with your time are neither here nor there unless they interfere with your duties as a barrister.

It just says that x is an employed barrister who was offered a banking position and that she decided to accept the position. Then the correct answer was that she must affect the orderly wind down of her activities including informing the BSB of the decision to leave the Bar and must provide them with a contact address.

It’s a bit late now as I sat the real exam today. But I am still curious about the practice question as I don’t understand it.

So I think the implication is that she is permanently moving from practice as a barrister to becoming a banker, akin to anyone permanently moving away from the Bar. I'm not sure what the other options were, but that sounds right to me when someone is permanently leaving the profession. I had assumed that the person had accepted a banking role (perhaps as some sort of consultant) but left the possibility open of continuing to practise.

However, in order to practice as a barrister don’t you have to practice within 2 years of something as your *primary occupation* plus also keep your legal knowledge up to date? I’m not sure if this would be possible if the person in the scenario was to practice as a banker

I think that's the point. Hence my initial reasoning being based on the assumption that the banking role was additional, and possibly even still itself in some way a legal role. I didn't appreciate that she was actually going to become a banker.