LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 426
Development of Admission Rules
LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 426
Development of Admission Rules
426 Development of Admission Rules
(1) This section applies to proposed Admission Rules, and has effect subject
to sections 429 and 430.
(2) The Admissions Committee may develop proposed
Admission Rules.
(3) In developing proposed Admission Rules, the Admissions
Committee--
(a) must consult with the Chief Justices of the
participating jurisdictions, the Council, the Commissioner, and such of the
Council's advisory committees and local regulatory authorities as the Council
considers appropriate, for a minimum period of 30 days; and
(b) must, with
the approval of the Council, release a draft of the proposed Admission Rules
for public consultation and invite written submissions about the draft to be
made to the Admissions Committee during a specified period of at least 30
days; and
(c) must consider all reasonable submissions duly made and received
and provide the Council with a copy of all submissions received; and
(d)
must, after considering the submissions and making any amendments to the
draft, submit a final draft to the Council, together with a report
demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this subsection.
(4) The
Council must submit the proposed Admission Rules to the Standing Committee in
the form in which they are submitted to the Council.
