Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1970 (REPEALED) - SECT 7

    (1)     There shall be a Legal Practitioners Admission Board consisting of 5 members, being legal practitioners, appointed by the Chief Justice.

    (2)     Subject to section 8, a member of the admission board holds office for the period that—

        (a)     commences on the date of the instrument of appointment or, where the appointment is expressed to commence on some later date, on that later date; and

        (b)     ends on the following 31 December.

    (3)     A member of the admission board is eligible for reappointment.

    (4)     In the event of there being a vacancy in the office of a member of the admission board, the Chief Justice may appoint a legal practitioner to hold the vacant office, and a person so appointed holds office from the date of the appointment to the following 31 December.

    (5)     The performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers of the admission board is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the board.

    (6)     The registrar, or a person nominated for the purpose by the registrar, shall be the secretary to the admission board.