Victorian Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PRACTICE (ADMISSION) RULES 1999 - SECT 4.14.

Council or Board may act on advice of others

4.14. Council or Board may act on advice of others



(1) If it thinks fit, the Council or the Board of Examiners may act in respect
of the matters referred to in rule 4.13-

   (a)  on the written advice of the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General
        or the dean of a Faculty of Law; or

   (b)  on the report of a committee appointed by the Council.

(2) In deciding whether any subject completed anywhere by any applicant under
this Part provides the applicant with an understanding of and competence in
any area of knowledge or in a topic which is part of an area of knowledge, the
Council, a committee of the Council or the Board of Examiners may act (but are
not obliged to act) on the advice of the dean of a Faculty of Law.