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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 30 Compliance certificates by admissions board

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 30

Compliance certificates by admissions board

    (1)     Subsection (2) applies if, after considering an application for admission to the legal profession, the admissions board considers—

        (a)     the applicant is—

              (i)     eligible for admission; and

              (ii)     a fit and proper person to be admitted; and

        (b)     the application is in accordance with the admission rules; and

        (c)     there are no grounds for refusing to give a certificate of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) (a compliance certificate ).

    (2)     The admissions board must, within the time required by the admission rules—

        (a)     tell the Supreme Court its decision by filing a compliance certificate; and

        (b)     give a copy of the compliance certificate to the bar council and law society council.

    (3)     If the admissions board refuses to give a compliance certificate to an applicant for admission to the legal profession, the board must—

        (a)     tell the Supreme Court its decision by filing a statement about the decision and the reasons for the decision; and

        (b)     give a copy of the statement to the bar council and law society council; and

        (c)     give an information notice to the applicant.