Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION (FURTHER AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 79 OF 2006) - SECT 35

    (1)     In section 2.4.35(1) of the Legal Profession Act 2004 —

        (a)     for paragraph (a) substitute —

    "(a)     if, to qualify for admission to the legal profession, the interstate legal practitioner completed practical legal training—

              (i)     principally under the supervision of an Australian legal practitioner, whether involving articles of clerkship or otherwise; or

              (ii)     involving articles of clerkship principally under the supervision of a person other than an Australian legal practitioner in accordance with the admission rules—

the interstate legal practitioner has undertaken a period or periods equivalent to 18 months' supervised legal practice, worked out under relevant regulations, after the day the practitioner's first practising certificate was granted; or";

        (b)     in paragraph (b)—

              (i)     for "the practitioner" substitute "the interstate legal practitioner";

              (ii)     after "jurisdiction—" insert "the interstate legal practitioner has undertaken".

    (2)     For section 2.4.35(2) of the Legal Profession Act 2004 substitute —

    "(2)     Sub-section (1)—

        (a)     does not apply—

              (i)     to an interstate legal practitioner who engages in legal practice in this jurisdiction solely as a barrister; or

              (ii)     if the interstate legal practitioner is exempt from the requirement for supervised legal practice in the practitioner's home jurisdiction;

        (b)     applies only to the extent of a shorter period if the required period of supervised legal practice has been reduced for the practitioner in the practitioner's home jurisdiction.".