New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 213A

213A Evidentiary certificates

(1) A certificate that is issued by the Bar Council and that states that, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate:

(a) a specified person was or was not the holder of a barristers’ practising certificate, or

(b) a specified barrister’s practising certificate was or was not subject to a specified condition,

is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the fact or facts so stated.

(2) A certificate that is issued by the Law Society Council and that states that, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate:

(a) a specified person was or was not the holder of a solicitor’s practising certificate, or

(b) a specified solicitor’s practising certificate was or was not subject to a specified condition,

is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the fact or facts so stated.

(3) A certificate issued by a regulatory authority of another State or a Territory and that states that, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate:

(a) a specified person was or was not the holder of an interstate practising certificate, or

(b) that a specified interstate legal practitioner’s practising certificate was or was not subject to a specified condition,

is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the fact or facts so stated.

(4) A certificate that is issued by the Bar Council or Law Society Council and that states that, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate:

(a) a specified person was or was not registered as a locally registered foreign lawyer, or

(b) a specified locally registered foreign lawyer was or was not subject to a specified condition,

is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the fact or facts so stated.