No. 5 of 1974
AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Legal Practitioners Ordinance 1970-1973.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under
| the Seat of Government | (Administration) | Act 1910-1973. |
Dated this nineteenth day of March, 1974.
PAUL HASLUCK Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
LIONEL MURPHY
Attorney-General.
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE 1974
1 . (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Legal Practitioners
Ordinance 1974.*
| (2 ) The Legal Practitioners Ordinance 1970-1973,t as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Legal Practitioners | Ordinance |
| 1970-1974. |
2. Section 15E of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance 1970-1973 is amended by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-sections:—
" (3) Notwithstanding sub-section ( 1 ) , the Law Society may issue an unrestricted practising certificate to a barrister and solicitor who has previously held a practising certificate in the Territory if the Society is satisfied that he has gained such experience that an unrestricted prac tising certificate should be issued to him.
| t Ordinance N o . 43, 1970, as amended by N o . 51 , 1970; N o . 9, 1971; N o . 4, 1972; and N o . 2, 1973. |
" (4) Notwithstanding sub-section ( 1 ) , the Law Society may issue an unrestricted practising certificate to a barrister and solicitor if it is satisfied —
(a) that he has, during the period of ten years immediately pre ceding the date of his application for a practising certificate, for a period of not less than three years or for periods which, in the aggregate, are not less than three years— (i) practised or been employed as a solicitor in a State or the Northern Territory of Australia; or
| * Notified in the Australian | Government | Gazette | on 26 March 1974. |
(ii) practised or been employed as a legal practitioner (however described) in a prescribed country;
(b)
that he has, during the period of three years immediately preceding the date of his application for a practising certi ficate, been employed by a barrister and solicitor in the Territory for a continuous period of not less than six months; and
(c)
that he has gained such experience that an unrestricted practising certificate should be issued to him.
" (5) For the purposes of sub-section ( 4 ) , 'prescribed country '
means—
(a) England;
(b) Scotland;
(c) Northern Ireland;
(d) New Zealand;
(e) a province or territory of Canada; or
(f) Papua New Guinea.".
3 . Section 15F of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance 1970-1973 is amended by omitting the words " not being a person referred to in sub section (3) of the last preceding section " and substituting the words " not being a person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Part, practising in the Territory as a solicitor on his own account or in partnership with another barrister and solicitor ".