Barristers Act of 1956 (5 Eliz Ii No. 3) (Qld)

280 SUPREME COURT. Barristers Act. 5 E liz . II. No. 3, SUPREME COURT. 61™s.n An Act Relating to the Right, in the Case of certain B arristers Persons, to Practise as a Barrister in Queensland. 1956.] [A ssented to 8 th O ctober , B E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, andby the authority of the same as follows:— short title. 1, (1.) This Act may be cited as “The Barristers Act of 1956.” Con- (2.) To the extent necessary to give operation struction. an(j effect to this Act every other Act or law or rule of law shall be read subject to this Act. Admission 2. (1.) Subject to this section, a person entitled in Queens^ to practise as a barrister in any other State of the land of Commonwealth shall have the like right to practise oS sStes. hi the Supreme Court or any other court of Queensland. (2.) Before so doing he shall produce to the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Queensland evidence showing that he is so entitled and that he has made in the prescribed manner payment of the prescribed fee and thereupon shall be entitled to sign and shall sign the roll of barristers kept by the said Registrar (who is hereby authorised and directed to take all necessary action accordingly). On signing the said roll of barristers he shall thereby be admitted to practise as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland. (3.) The Supreme Court may direct the name of any person to whom this section applies to be struck off the aforesaid roll of barristers upon proof that he has been guilty of conduct which renders him unfit to be allowed to continue to practise as a barrister. Upon proof that any person has been deprived by the Supreme Court of the State, by virtue of his right to practise wherein he was enrolled as aforesaid, of

SUPREME COURT. 1956. Barristers Act. the right to practise in that State as a barrister, the said Registrar shall strike the name of that person off the roll of barristers kept by him. (4.) Where, as respects any other State, the Governor in Council is satisfied upon the report of the Attorney- General that a person is not, by virtue of his right to practise as a barrister in Queensland, entitled by the law of that State to the right to practise therein on terms as favourable as those on which a person is, by virtue of his right to practise as a barrister in that other State, entitled under this section to the right to practise in this State, the Governor in Council may by Order in Council direct that subsection one of this section shall not apply with respect to any person entitled to practise as a barrister in that other State or, as the Governor in Council deems fit, shall apply with respecjt to such a person only subject to any exceptions, conditions and modifications specified in the Order in Council. While such an Order in Council is extant and in force, subsection one of this section shall not apply with respect to any person entitled to practise as a barrister in the State specified therein or, as the case may be, shall so apply subject to the exceptions, conditions and modifications specified therein. (5.) The Governor in Council may from time to time prescribe by Order in Council the amount of the fee mentioned in subsection two of this section. He may prescribe different amounts thereof in relation to different States. Until first so prescribed the amount of that fee shall be thirty-one pounds and ten shillings. Such fee shall be lodged by the person liable to pay the same to the credit of the Supreme Court Library Fund, in the bank in which the account of that fund is kept. (6.) The Governor in Council may by Order in Council revoke or vary any Order in Council previously made under this section. (7.) Every Order in Council made under this section shall, upon publication in the Gazette, be judicially noticed and such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained therein. 281