Queensland Consolidated Regulations

SUPREME COURT (ADMISSION) RULES 2004 - REG 13

13 Documents and fee to be given to board

(1) The purpose of this rule is to enable the board to consider an application for admission to the legal profession and to make a recommendation about it.

(2) At least 42 days before the sittings at which an applicant applies for admission, the applicant must give the board the following documents, unless the board advises otherwise—

(a) a copy of the applicant’s application;

(b) any response statement completed for the purposes of rule 9K or 11 ;

(c) any supervisor’s statement completed under rule 9M ;

(d) any statement completed under rule 42 ;

(e) a statement, in the approved form, stating any approved supplementary training received by the applicant;

(f) a certificate, or other evidence satisfactory to the board, of the satisfactory completion of any approved supplementary training received by the applicant;

(g) a statement, in the approved form, of any corresponding practical legal training requirements that the applicant has complied with;

(h) if the applicant is a trainee, a statement that the applicant has satisfactorily completed the programmed training required under rule 9O (1) ;

(i) a certificate, or other evidence satisfactory to the board, of the satisfactory completion of the programmed training;

(j) a statement about the applicant’s eligibility and suitability for admission;

(k) a certificate of a registrar or similar officer of an academic institution stating the applicant’s academic qualifications;

(l) a certificate of a registrar or similar officer of an institution providing practical legal training;

(m) a certificate of the applicant’s suitability given by each of 3 persons who are not near relatives of the applicant and have personally known the applicant for at least 2 years, one of whom, if possible, must be—

(i) a registrar or similar officer of an academic institution, or an institution providing practical legal training, the applicant has attended; or

(ii) a local legal practitioner; or

(iii) a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations.

(3) At least 21 days before the sittings at which the applicant applies for admission, the applicant must—

(a) give to the board a copy of the affidavit of compliance filed under rule 11 (2) ; and

(b) pay to the board the fee prescribed under the Legal Profession Regulation 2007 for considering the application.

(4) Within the time reasonably required by the board, the applicant must also give to the board any other documents required by the board.

(5) A document mentioned in subrule (2) (j) or (m) must be in the approved form.

(6) The board may shorten the time set out in subrule (2) or (3) .