Legal Practitioners Admission Rules 1994 (NSW)

2004 No 281

New South Wales

Legal Practitioners Admission Rules

1994

under the

Legal Profession Act 1987

By decision of the Legal Practitioners Admission Board the following amendments are made to the Legal Practitioners Admission Rules 1994.

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Legal Practitioners Admission Rules 1994

under the

Legal Profession Act 1987

Rule 28 is amended by re-numbering the sub-rules consecutively “1”, “2” and

“3”.

Rule 39 (1) is amended by deleting “Registrar” and inserting “Executive

Director” in lieu.

Rule 41 is amended to read:

41	(1)	The Board may proceed to determine the application without the attendance of any person unless the applicant or the Bar Association or the Law Society desires an oral hearing.
(2)	If one of more the Board, the Bar Association, the Law Society or the applicant desires an oral hearing of the application, the Board shall proceed in accordance with Part 10 of these Rules.

Rule 45A is amended by adding the following sub-rules:

(2)

The Board shall, not later than 30 September of the year in which notification was given under subrule (1), notify the institution:

(a)	in the case of an alteration, that the alteration has been approved or has not been approved, and in the latter case that the course may be removed from the Fourth Schedule, and
(b)	in the case of a proposed alteration, that the alteration has been approved or has not been approved.

(3)

The Board may remove a course from the Fourth Schedule if an alteration to the curriculum is not approved or is not amended to the satisfaction of the Board.

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Rule 97 (4) is amended to read:

(4)

The Academic Exemptions Sub-Committee may exempt a person who falls within category (b) of sub-rule (2) from undertaking:

(a)	any examination referred to in rule 53 (b) (ba) if it is satisfied that the person has covered the substance of the subject matter of that examination in his or her earlier studies, and
(b)	any examination referred to in rule 53 (b) (bb) if it is satisfied that the person has completed a subject of equivalent educational standing in his or her earlier studies and that subject is not recognized under rule 97 (4) (a).

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