New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 32

32 Roll of local lawyers

(1) The Supreme Court is to maintain a roll of persons admitted as lawyers under this Act (referred to in this Act as the "local roll").

(2) When a person is admitted under this Act, the Supreme Court is to cause the person’s name to be entered on the local roll.

(3) A person admitted as a lawyer under this Act must sign the local roll.

(4) The admission of a person as a lawyer under this Act is effective from the time the person signs the local roll.

(5) The local roll must be available for inspection, without charge, during normal business hours.

(6) The Supreme Court may publish the name of persons admitted as lawyers under this Act and any relevant particulars concerning those persons.

(7) The Supreme Court’s functions under this section may be exercised by a person or body designated by the Court for the purpose.

(8) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to:

(a) the information that may or must be included in the local roll,

(b) publication of information contained in the local roll.