Victorian Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PRACTICE (ADMISSION) RULES 1999 - SECT 4.04.

Qualifications for admission

4.04. Qualifications for admission



(1) The qualifications for admission in Victoria of a qualified overseas
applicant are-

   (a)  that the applicant holds qualifications recognised in a jurisdiction
        outside Australia as meeting the requirements for admission in that
        jurisdiction (other than any requirements which the Council is
        satisfied either are of a formal or procedural nature or constitute
        legal training requirements of a predominantly or solely practical
        nature); and

   (b)  that the applicant complies with any directions given by the Council
        under rule 4.15; and

   (c)  that the applicant is of good reputation and character and a fit and
        proper person to be admitted; and

   (d)  that the applicant has a sufficient knowledge of written and spoken
        English to engage in legal practice in Victoria.

(2) The Board of Examiners may require an applicant to pass an examination
specified by the Board for the purposes of subrule (1)(d).