Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2009 (WA)

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JUSTICE

JU301*

Supreme Court Act 1935

Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2009

Made by the Judges of the Supreme Court.

1.     Citation

These rules are the Supreme Court Amendment
Rules 2009.

2.    Commencement

These rules come into operation as follows —

(a) rules 1 and 2 — on the day on which these rules are
published in the Gazette;

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(b) the rest of the rules on the day on which the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 25 comes into operation.

3.            Rules amended

These rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court 1971.

4.            Order 75A replaced

Delete Order 75A and insert:

Order 75A - Legal Profession Act 2008 rules

1.            Terms used in this Order

the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3.

In this Order
interstate lawyer has the meaning given in the Legal
Profession Act 2008 section 4;
local roll has the meaning given in the Legal
Profession Act 2008 section 28;

2.            Application to the Supreme Court (full bench)

(1)	An application under the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 25 to be admitted to the legal profession must be made to the Supreme Court (full bench) by motion.
(2)	The application must be filed in the Central Office at least 2 months before the proposed date of admission.
(3)	When the application is filed a notice of motion must be served on the Legal Practice Board.

3.            Applicant to attend

(1)	Subject to subrule (2) an applicant for admission must
when the application is heard. attend in person before the Supreme Court (full bench)
(2)	If the applicant is an interstate lawyer he or she may be represented at the hearing of the application by counsel and, if represented, is not required to attend in person.
(3)	A person who is admitted without appearing in person must, within 21 days of being admitted, attend at the office of a superior court of a State or Territory or of the High Court and

(a)	take an oath or affirmation in the form set out in Rule 4; and
(b)	sign the supplementary roll,

before the principal registrar, a registrar, a deputy
registrar or the prothonotary of that court.

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(4) When a person signs the supplementary roll as

provided in subrule (3), the person's name is to be
entered in the local roll in the usual manner with the
endorsement "See supplementary roll".

4.           Oath or affirmation

The form of the oath or affirmation required under the

Legal Profession Act 2008 section 26(1)(b) is —

I, [name] of [address] , [insert an oath or affirmation

according to the Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory

Declarations Act 2005] that I will truly and honestly conduct myself in my practice as a lawyer and as an officer of this honourable court according to the best of my knowledge and ability.

Dated: 30 January 2009.

W. S. MARTIN, Chief Justice's signature.

M. J. MURRAY	ERIC M. HEENAN
C. D. STEYTLER	R. LE MIERE
A. J. TEMPLEMAN	CAROLYN JENKINS
C. WHEELER	R. L. SIMMONDS
JOHN McKECHNIE	P. D. BLAXELL
N. P. HASLUCK	MICHAEL J. BUSS
C. J. McLURE	ANDREW BEECH
G. PULLIN	D. W. NEWNES Judges' signatures.