Legal Profession Uniform Admission Amendment (Accreditation) Rule 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Legal Profession Uniform Admission

Amendment (Accreditation) Rule 2019

under the

Legal Profession Uniform Law

The Legal Services Council has made the following Rule under the Legal Profession Uniform

Law.

MEGAN PITT
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Services Council

Legal Profession Uniform Admission Amendment (Accreditation) Rule 2019

Legal Profession Uniform Admission Amendment

(Accreditation) Rule 2019

under the

Legal Profession Uniform Law

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the Legal Profession Uniform Admission Amendment (Accreditation)

Rule 2019.

2      Commencement

This Rule commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3      Authorising provision

This Rule is made by the Legal Services Council under Part 9.2 of the Legal

Profession Uniform Law.

Legal Profession Uniform Admission Amendment (Accreditation) Rule 2019

Schedule 1 Amendment of Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015

Schedule 1 Amendment of Legal Profession Uniform
Admission Rules 2015

[1]      Rule 3 Objective and authorising provision

Omit “and reaccrediting” from rule 3 (1) (b).

[2]      Rule 4 Definitions

Insert in alphabetical order:

accredit a law course or a practical legal training provider includes accrediting

or reaccrediting a course or provider (whether for a specified term or on a
continuing basis).

[3]      Rule 7 Accrediting law courses and practical legal training providers

Omit “or reaccredit” from rule 7 (1).

[4]      Rule 7 (2) (a1)

Insert after rule 7 (2) (a):

(a1) must take into account any report of a review conducted under rule 8 in
relation to the course or provider, and

[5]      Rule 7 (8)

Omit “, review or reaccreditation”. Insert instead “or review”.

[6]      Rule 8 Monitoring and reviewing accredited law courses and practical legal training providers

Omit “periodically” from rule 8 (1).

[7]      Rule 8 (1A)

Insert after rule 8 (1):

(1A)

A review under subrule (1) may be conducted for the purposes of considering
whether:

(a)	to accredit a law course or practical legal training provider, or
(b)	to impose a condition on, or vary a condition attached to, the accreditation of a law course or practical legal training provider.

[8]      Rule 8 (3) (a)

Insert “in the case of a review conducted for the purposes of considering whether to accredit a law course or practical legal training provider—” before “must”.

[9]      Rule 8 (3) (b)

Insert “in the case of any review—” before “may”.

[10]      Schedule 2 Practical legal training competencies for entry-level lawyers

Omit “an academic qualification in law” from clause 4 (1) (a).

Insert instead “a law course”.

Omit “qualification in law”. Insert instead “study of law”.

Legal Profession Uniform Admission Amendment (Accreditation) Rule 2019

Schedule 1 Amendment of Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015

Omit “an academic qualification”. Insert instead “a law course”.