New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC NOTARIES ACT 1997 - SECT 6

6 Appointment of public notaries

(1) The Court may appoint and enrol a person as a public notary in accordance with this section.

(2) The Court is, on any day appointed by the Court for the purpose, to hear and determine any application made for the appointment as a public notary of a person approved by the Admission Board as a suitable candidate for appointment.

(3) The Court may order that the name of a person be removed from the roll for misconduct as a public notary, incompetence as a public notary or for any other reason the Court considers warrants removal.

(4) Misconduct as a public notary includes conduct that, had it been done as an Australian legal practitioner, would be or be capable of being unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct under Chapter 4 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 .