Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PRACTICE BOARD RULES 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Introductory  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Terms used in these Rules  

   PART 2 -- Legal Practice Board  

           Division 1 -- Election of members  

   3.      Annual election date  
   4.      Returning officers  
   5.      Nomination of candidates  
   6.      Candidates elected when nominations equal vacancies  
   7.      Ballot papers  
   8.      Voting  
   9.      Commencement of term of office  
   10.     Results to be published in Gazette  
   11.     Non-receipt of ballot papers  

           Division 2 -- Board meetings  

   12.     Board meetings  
   13.     Holding meetings remotely  
   14.     Urgent meetings  
   15.     Resolution without meeting  
   16.     Rescission or amendment  
   17.     Minutes  

           Division 3 -- Committees  

   18.     Convenor and deputy convenor  
   19.     Committee meetings  
   20.     Application of applied provisions  

   PART 3 -- Articled clerks  

           Division 1 -- Articles  

   21.     Examinations -- s. 19(1)(b)  
   22.     Application and registration  
   23.     Assignment or replacement of articles  
   24.     Date of registration  
   25.     Notification of change of details  
   26.     Conduct of articled clerks and principals  
   28.     Supervision of articled clerks  

   PART 4 -- Admission and practice certificates  

           Division 1 -- Qualifications for admission  

   32.     Universities -- s. 27(2)(a)(i)  
   33.     Other qualifications under s. 27(2)(a)(ii)  
   34.     Term of articles and practical legal training -- s. 27(2)(a)  
   34A.    Practical legal training for articled clerks -- s. 27(2)(a)  
   35.     Other qualifications under s. 27(2)(b)  

           Division 2 -- Application for admission  

   36.     Notice of intention to apply  
   37.     Prescribed fee -- s. 28(1)(e)  
   38.     Advertisement of intention to apply for admission  
   39.     Application to the Court  
   40.     Applicant for admission to appear in person  
   41.     Certificate of completion of restricted practice  

           Division 3 -- Re-admission  

   42.     Notice of intention to apply for re-admission  
   43.     Application for re-admission  

           Division 4 -- Practice certificates  

   44.     Application for practice certificate: information -- s. 37(2)(b)  
   44AA.   Application fee for practice certificate: fees -- s. 37(2)(c)  
   44AB.   Application for practice certificate under Mutual Recognition Acts  
   44A.    Replacement practice certificate  
   45.     Notification of change of details  

   PART 5 -- Interstate practitioners, foreign lawyers and supervising solicitors  

   46.     Interstate practitioners -- notification of establishment of office -- s. 91  
   47.     Foreign lawyers -- s. 103, 104, 108  
   48.     Supervising solicitor to notify clients  

   PART 6 -- Trust accounts  

   49.     Terms used in this Part  
   50.     Application  
   51.     Books of account  
   52.     Trust moneys  
   53.     Payments out of trust accounts not to exceed clients account balance  
   54.     Direction for payment of trust moneys  
   55.     Cheques  
   56.     Electronic transfer of funds  
   57.     Balancing of trust books  
   58.     Accountant’s certificate -- s. 147  
   59.     Information to be provided to accountant  
   60.     Solicitors’ Guarantee Fund -- s. 146  
   61.     Partnerships and incorporated legal practices  
   62.     Form and retention of books of account  

   PART 7 -- Law Library  

   63.     Terms used in this Part  
   64.     People entitled to use the library  
   65.     Librarian may suspend or restrict entitlement to use library  
   66.     Board may suspend or restrict entitlement to use library  
   67.     Use of the library and books  
   68.     Borrowing books  
   69.     Removal of unauthorised people and retrieval of books  

   PART 8 -- Miscellaneous  

   70.     Register of legal practitioners  
   70A.    Evidentiary certificate  
   71.     Documents to be in writing  
   72.     Address for giving documents  
   73.     Alternative forms, documents or information  
   74.     Further information to be provided  
   75.     Applications  
   76.     Board may excuse non-compliance  

   PART 9 -- Repeal and transitional  

   77.     Repeal  
   78.     5 year articled clerks  
   79.     Application of these Rules  
   80.     Amendment of old Rules  
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Forms  
           Compilation table