New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 37

37 Consideration of applicant’s eligibility and suitability

(1) To help it consider whether or not an applicant is eligible for admission or is a fit and proper person to be admitted, the Admission Board may, by notice to the applicant, require:

(a) the applicant to give it specified documents or information, or

(b) the applicant to co-operate with any inquiries by the Board that it considers appropriate.

(2) An applicant’s failure to comply with a notice under subsection (1) by the date specified in the notice and in the way required by the notice is a ground for refusing to approve the applicant as a suitable candidate for admission.

(3) The Admission Board may refer a matter to the Supreme Court for directions.