LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 34 Additional conditions on practising certificates of barristers
This legislation has been repealed.
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 34
Additional conditions on practising certificates of barristers34 Additional conditions on practising certificates of barristers
(1) Conditions of the following kinds can be attached to the practising certificate of a barrister:(a) a condition requiring the holder to undertake and complete to the satisfaction of the Bar Council a full-time component or other component of a reading program applicable to the holder and determined or approved by the Bar Council,(b) a condition requiring the holder to sit for and pass any examination set by the Bar Council as part of a reading program,(c) a condition requiring the holder to read with a barrister of a specified class or description chosen by the holder (including a barrister chosen from a list of at least 10 barristers kept by the Bar Council for the purpose) for a specified period and to comply with such requirements as will enable the barrister, at the end of the specified period, to certify to the Bar Council that the holder is fit to practise as a barrister without restriction.
(2) A condition of a kind referred to in subsection (1) which is attached to the practising certificate of a barrister may limit the practising rights of the barrister until the condition is complied with.
(3) The following conditions may also be attached to the practising certificate of a barrister:(a) a condition limiting the holder to practising as a barrister as the holder of a statutory office under the Crown (whether in right of New South Wales or in another right),(b) a condition limiting the holder to practising as a barrister in any other office under a contract of service, or contract for services, with the Crown (whether in right of New South Wales or in another right),(c) a condition limiting the holder to practising as parliamentary counsel under a contract of service, or contract for services, with the Crown (whether in right of New South Wales or in another right).