Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Of the members who
are part-time members —
(a) one
shall be an Australian legal practitioner of at least 8 years’
standing and experience;
(b) one
shall be a person who is engaged in the teaching of law at a university in the
State with a status not less than that of senior lecturer or the equivalent
thereof;
(c) one
shall be an Australian legal practitioner who is an officer of the State
Solicitor’s Office of at least 8 years’ standing and
experience.
(2) A person shall not
be eligible for appointment as a member who is a full-time member unless
he —
(a) is
or has been an Australian legal practitioner of not less than
8 years’ standing; or
(b) is,
in the opinion of the Governor, suitable for appointment as a member by reason
of his legal qualifications and experience, whether in this State or
elsewhere.
(3) In this
section —
Australian legal practitioner has the meaning
given in the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3.
[Section 6 inserted by No. 91 of 1978
s. 6; amended by No. 31 of 1993 s. 51; No. 65 of 2003
s. 45, 94; No. 21 of 2008 s. 672.]