New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION ADMISSION RULES 2005 - REG 4

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In these Rules, unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"accredited law degree" means a law degree included in the Second Schedule.
"Act" means the Legal Profession Act 2004 .
"approved practical training course" means a practical training course included in the Fourth Schedule.
"Bar Association" means The New South Wales Bar Association.
"Board" means the Legal Profession Admission Board.
"Board’s examinations" means the examinations set out in rule 53 as supplemented by rule 55.
"Court" means the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
"Examinations Committee" means the Committee established under these Rules to oversee the content and conduct of the Board’s examinations and the candidature of students-at-law.
"Executive Officer" means the person appointed as Executive Officer to the Board under rule 7.
"graduate" means a person who has taken a degree after examination at any university considered by the Board to be of good standing.
"Judge" means a Judge or Associate Judge of the Court.
"Law Extension Committee" means the Law Extension Committee of the University of Sydney.
"law school" means an educational facility conducted by a tertiary educational authority which has as one of its aims the production of graduates eligible to be admitted as lawyers inside or outside of New South Wales.
"Law Society" means The Law Society of New South Wales.
"Legal Qualifications Committee" means the Committee established under these Rules to superintend the qualification of candidates for admission and to advise the Board in relation to the accreditation of academic and practical training courses.
"Practical Legal Training Course" means any one of the courses of practical legal training listed in the Fourth Schedule.
"prescribed fee" means a fee set out in the Third Schedule.
"Presiding Member" means the presiding member of the Board determined, nominated or elected in accordance with Schedule 2 of the Act.
"student-at-law" means a person registered as such under Part 4.
"suitable person" means, in relation to an applicant for registration or admission, a person who is above the age of 30 years, is unrelated to the applicant, and has known the applicant for not less than three years.