Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act (No 2) 1979 (ACT)

N o . 4 0 of 1979

An Ordinance to amend the Legal Practitioners Ordinance 1970

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated this twelfth day of December 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

P. DURACK

Attorney-General

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ( A M E N D M E N T ) ORDINANCE

(No. 2) 1979

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Amend­

ment) Ordinance (No.2) 1979.'

2. In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Legal

Practitioners Ordinance 1970.2

3. Section 10 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting

after paragraph (1) (aa) the following paragraph:

Macquarie University; or" .

" ( a b ) he has been admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Legal
Studies at The Macquarie University;".

4. Section 16 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

paragraph (4) (a ) and substituting the following paragraphs:

" ( a ) the applicant has the educational qualifications specified in sub-section 10(1) for admission as a barrister and solicitor of the Court;

(aa) the applicant has become eligible for admission to—

(i)   the degree of Bachelor of Laws at an Australian uni­ versity; or

(ii)    the degree of Bachelor of Legal Studies at The

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazetteon 18 December 1979.

2.    Ordinance No. 43, 1970 as amended by No. 51, 1970; No. 9, 1971; No. 4, 1972; No. 2, 1973; No. 5, 1974; Nos. 1, 22 and 45, 1975; Nos. 28 and 68, 1976; Nos. 20, 55 and 62, 1977; Nos. 8 and 46, 1978; and No. 20, 1979.