New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION REGULATION 2015 - REG 19

19 Government and corporate lawyers--transitional exemption from holding practising certificate

(1) A government or corporate lawyer is exempt from the requirement to hold an Australian practising certificate in respect of functions as such a lawyer if he or she:

(a) was not an Australian lawyer on 1 July 2015 and was a government or corporate lawyer at any time within the period of 12 months before 1 July 2015, but in the case of a corporate lawyer is only exempt until 1 July 2018, or

(b) was not an Australian lawyer when he or she became a government or corporate lawyer and became a government or corporate lawyer after 1 July 2015, but is only exempt until 1 July 2018, or

(c) is not a person to whom paragraph (a) or (b) applies, but is only exempt until 1 July 2017.

(2) Sections 10 (1) and 11 (1) of the Uniform Law do not apply to any such government or corporate lawyer while he or she is so exempt from the requirement to hold a practising certificate.