Former federal speaker Peter Slipper, who stood down amid allegations at the time he had defrauded the Commonwealth and sexually harassed a staffer, will soon be practicing law in Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Law Society has granted Mr Slipper a practicing certificate to work as a barrister in the state.

He is listed as working out of Hobart's Salamanca Chambers, although his name is yet to appear on the law firm's website.

While the Queensland-born lawyer and former federal politician has been granted the practicing certificate, it is understood it will be months before he arrives in Hobart and begins work.

Mr Slipper was originally convicted of illegally misusing his travel entitlements to visit wineries outside Canberra while serving as a Liberal National Party MP on three occasions in 2010.

That conviction was later quashed by the ACT Supreme Court on appeal.

He was also accused of sexually harassing a 33-year-old gay male member of staff.

In 2012, the Federal Court dismissed the case after Mr Slipper argued the charges were "vexatious and an abuse of the legal process".

The staffer abandoned any further action.

Tasmanian Senator Eric Abetz, who was the leader of the Opposition in the Senate at the time, had called for Mr Slipper to resign until all claims were investigated.

Senator Abetz had nothing to say about Mr Slipper's move to Tasmania yesterday.

In Tasmania there is a requirement that legal practitioners be of good character.

The Law Society said in granting a barrister practicing certificate to Mr Slipper it had regard to all of its statutory obligations.