New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 22

22 Appointment of NSW Commissioner

(1) The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Attorney General, appoint a person to be the NSW Legal Services Commissioner.

Note : The Legal Services Commissioner is referred to in this Act as the
"NSW Commissioner" . See the definition of that term in section 3.

(2) The person so appointed is to be a person who, in the opinion of the Attorney General--

(a) is familiar with the nature of the legal system and legal practice (but need not be an Australian legal practitioner), and

(b) possesses sufficient qualities of independence, fairness and integrity.

(3) Schedule 4 contains provisions relating to the NSW Commissioner.