LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 57CC Councils to give public notice of proposed rules

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 57CC

57CC Councils to give public notice of proposed rules

(1) Before a barristers rule, solicitors rule or joint rule is made, the Council or Councils proposing to make the rule are required to ensure that a notice is published in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper circulating throughout New South Wales:

(a) explaining the object of the proposed rule, and

(b) advising where a copy of the proposed rule may be obtained or inspected, and

(c) inviting comments and submissions within a specified period, being a period of not less than 21 days from the date of publication of the notice.

(2) The Council or Councils must ensure that a copy of the proposed rule is given to the Attorney General before the notice is published.

(3) The Council or Councils must not make the rule before the end of the period specified in the notice for the making of comments and submissions and must ensure that any comments and submissions received within that period are appropriately considered.

(4) The Council or Councils may make the rule without waiting for the end of the period specified in the notice for the making of comments and submissions if the Council or Councils consider that the urgency of the case warrants immediate action. However, in those circumstances the Council or Councils must indicate in the notice that the case is urgent and that the Council or Councils intend to act immediately.

(5) Section 75 of the Interpretation Act 1987 does not apply to notices required to be published under this section.