LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 50 Lay representation on committees

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 50

50 Lay representation on committees

(1) The Attorney General may, after consultation with the Bar Council, direct, by written order, that any specified committees or kinds of committees of the Bar Association or Bar Council must include in their membership a specified or determinable number of lay members.

(2) A direction has no effect to the extent that it would require the membership of a committee to have more than one-quarter of its membership composed of lay members.

(3) A lay member has such voting and other rights and such obligations as are provided in the constitution of the committee or as are provided by the regulations, and the regulations prevail to the extent of any inconsistency.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a lay member is a person who is not a barrister or solicitor.