Criminal Records Act 1991 Criminal Records Amendment (Admission of Legal Practitioners) Regulation 2002 (2002-1027) [GG No 263C of 20.12.2002, p 11081] (NSW)

2002 No 1027

New South Wales

Criminal Records Amendment

(Admission of Legal Practitioners)

Regulation 2002

under the

Criminal Records Act 1991

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Criminal Records Act 1991.

ROBERT DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to exclude applications for admission as a legal practitioner from the operation of section 12 of the Criminal Records Act 1991, so enabling the Legal Practitioners Admission Board to require such applications to disclose convictions that are otherwise “spent” under that Act.

This Regulation is made under the Criminal Records Act 1991, including section 25 (the general power to make regulations).

Published in Gazette No 263C of 20 December 2002, page 11081	Page 1
2002 No 1027	Criminal Records Amendment (Admission of Legal Practitioners)
Clause 1	Regulation 2002

Criminal Records Amendment (Admission of Legal

Practitioners) Regulation 2002

under the

Criminal Records Act 1991

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Criminal Records Amendment (Admission of
Legal Practitioners) Regulation 2002.

2 Amendment of Criminal Records Regulation 1999

The Criminal Records Regulation 1999 is amended by inserting after clause 5B:

5C Exclusion of applicants for admission as legal practitioners
from consequences of conviction being spent

Section 12 of the Act does not apply in relation to an application for admission as a legal practitioner under the Legal Profession Act 1987.

BY AUTHORITY

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