Victorian Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PRACTICE (ADMISSION) RULES 1999 - SECT 4.08.

Qualifications for admission

4.08. Qualifications for admission



(1) The qualifications for admission in Victoria of an overseas practitioner
are-

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

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

   (c)  that the practitioner 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)(c).