Supreme Court (Legal Practitioner Admission) Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2004 (Qld)

Queensland Supreme Court (Legal Practitioner Admission) Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2004 Subordinate Legislation 2004 No. 158 made under the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Rule amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Replacement of r 11 (Additional document to be filed with application for admission). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11 Application and affidavit of compliance to be filed in court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Replacement of r 13 (Documents to be given to board). . . . . . . . 3 13 Documents and fee to be given to board . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of r 28 (Admission eligibility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s3 Supreme Court (Legal Practitioner Admission) No. 158, 2004 Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2004 1 Short title This rule may be cited as the Supreme Court (Legal Practitioner Admission) Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2004 . 2 Rule amended This rule amends the Supreme Court (Legal Practitioner Admission) Rules 2004. 3 Replacement of r 11 (Additional document to be filed with application for admission) Rule 11— omit, insert — ‘11 Application and affidavit of compliance to be filed in court ‘(1) A person applying for admission as a legal practitioner must file the person’s application at least 21 days before the sittings at which the applicant applies for admission. ‘(2) The applicant must also file an affidavit of compliance with the Legal Profession Act 2004 and these rules at least 12 days before the sittings at which the applicant applies for admission. ‘(3) If the applicant relies on service as an articled clerk or a judge’s associate for eligibility for admission, the applicant must, with the affidavit of compliance, file a copy of a separate response statement completed by each master or judge with whom the person has served. ‘(4) In this rule— judge’s associate means an associate to a judge of— (a) the Supreme Court; or (b) the District Court; or (c) the Federal Court; or (d) the High Court.

s4 3 s4 Supreme Court (Legal Practitioner Admission) No. 158, 2004 Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2004 response statement means a statement in the approved form of questions about the applicant’s service with the person required to complete the statement.’. 4 Replacement of r 13 (Documents to be given to board) Rule 13— omit, insert — ‘13 Documents and fee to be given to board ‘(1) The purpose of this rule is to enable the board to consider an application for admission as a legal practitioner and to make a recommendation about it. ‘(2) At least 21 days before the sittings at which an applicant applies for admission, the applicant must give the board the following documents, unless the board advises otherwise— (a) a copy of the applicant’s application; (b) any response statement completed for the purposes of rule 11; (c) a statement about the applicant’s eligibility and suitability for admission; (d) a certificate of a registrar or similar officer of an academic institution stating the applicant’s academic qualifications; (e) a certificate of a registrar or similar officer of an institution providing practical legal training; (f) a certificate of the applicant’s suitability given by each of 3 persons who are not near relatives of the applicant and have personally known the applicant for at least 2 years, one of whom, if possible, must be— (i) a registrar or similar officer of an academic institution, or an institution providing practical legal training, the applicant has attended; or (ii) a local legal practitioner; or (iii) a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations.

s5 4 s5 Supreme Court (Legal Practitioner Admission) No. 158, 2004 Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2004 ‘(3) At least 12 days before the sittings at which the applicant applies for admission, the applicant must— (a) give to the board a copy of the affidavit of compliance filed under rule 11(2); and (b) pay to the board the fee prescribed under the LegalProfessionRegulation2004 for considering the application. ‘(4) Within the time reasonably required by the board, the applicant must also give to the board any other documents required by the board. ‘(5) A document mentioned in subrule (2)(c) and (f) must be in the approved form. ‘(6) The board may shorten the time set out in subrule (2) or (3).’. 5 Amendment of r 28 (Admission eligibility) Rule 28— insert — ‘(1A) To decide whether a person satisfies the requirements for admission under the Solicitors’ Admission Rules 1968 , rule 16(1), the reference in rule 17(3) of those rules to rule 18(3) is taken to be a reference to rule 18(3) of those rules as in force immediately before 1 July 2004.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 12 August 2004. 2 Notified in the gazette on 13 August 2004. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2004