Solicitors' Admission Rules Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1994 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1994 No. 393 Supreme Court Act 1921 SOLICITORS’ ADMISSION RULES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1994 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Rules amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of r 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of r 76B (Application for admission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s5 Solicitors’ Admission Rules Amendment (No. 1) No. 393, 1994 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Solicitors’ Admission Rules Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1994 . ˙ Rules amended 2. This regulation amends the Solicitors’ Admission Rules 1968 . ˙ Amendment of r 20 3.(1) Rule 20(e), ‘, provided that’ to ‘of the Court’— omit. (2) Rule 20(f)— omit, insert— ‘(f) to the Director of Legal Aid under the Legal Aid Act 1978 ; or (g) successively to any 2 or more of the persons or officers mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f).’. ˙ Amendment of r 76B (Application for admission) 4.(1) Rule 76B(2)(b)(ii), ‘practising’— omit, insert — ‘principally practising’. (2) Rule 76B(2)(b)(iii)— omit, insert— ‘(iii) if it is the notice to the Secretary—the prescribed fee.’. ˙ Amendment of Schedule 5. Form 25A— omit, insert—

s5 3 s5 Solicitors’ Admission Rules Amendment (No. 1) No. 393, 1994 ‘Form 25A (Rule 76B) AFFIDAVIT BY INTERSTATE PRACTITIONER In the Supreme Court of Queensland. Motion No. of In the matter of the Solicitors’ Admission Rules 1968 and in the matter of an application by for admission as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland. I, , of or Territory ), ( occupation ), make oath as follows— ( name of State 1. I was admitted to practise as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of (the “interstate Court” ) on . 2. To the best of my knowledge and belief my name still remains on the roll of solicitors of the interstate Court. 3. The document attached to this affidavit is a true copy of a certificate authenticating my present eligibility to practise and I am the person named in the document. 4. My admission to practise as a solicitor of the interstate Court is not subject to any conditions or undertakings that do not otherwise appear from the certificate mentioned in paragraph 3. ( If the circumstances are otherwise please give details .) 5. I have never been convicted of a criminal offence. ( If the circumstances are otherwise please give details .) 6. I have never been found guilty, by a body charged with the duty of investigating or supervising the conduct of legal practitioners in any jurisdiction, of— (a) an offence; or (b) a breach of professional standards or ethics. ( If the circumstances are otherwise please give details. )

s5 4 s5 Solicitors’ Admission Rules Amendment (No. 1) No. 393, 1994 7. I have never been required to give an undertaking or comply with a condition as a result of a proceeding for an offence or breach mentioned in paragraph 6 (a “proceeding” ), and I am not the subject of a proceeding that has not yet been concluded. ( If the circumstances are otherwise please give details. ) 8. My name has not been struck off the roll of solicitors, the roll of barristers or other roll or list of legal practitioners for a jurisdiction in which I have been admitted. 9. I have not done anything that would render me liable— (a) to have my name struck off the roll of solicitors, the roll of barristers or other roll or list of legal practitioners for a jurisdiction in which I have been admitted; or (b) to be suspended from practice in a jurisdiction in which I have been admitted. Sworn by the deponent at of before me.’. this day ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 10 November 1994. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 11 November 1994. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney–General. © State of Queensland 1994