Western Australian Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 279

279 .         Status of approved practical legal training requirements under old Act for Uniform Law s. 17

        (1)         In this section —

        corresponding PLT requirements means corresponding practical legal training requirements as defined in section 21(1) of the old Act;

        PLT requirements means the approved practical legal training requirements as defined in section 21(1) of the old Act.

        (2)         If a person has satisfactorily completed the PLT requirements or corresponding PLT requirements before commencement day, the person is taken, on and from commencement day, to have satisfactorily completed the practical legal training requirements referred to in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) section 17(1)(b).

        (3)         Subsection (4) applies if a person —

            (a)         has partially completed PLT requirements or corresponding PLT requirements before commencement day; and

            (b)         the person satisfactorily completes those requirements within the period of 12 months beginning on commencement day.

        (4)         The person is taken, from when the person completes the requirements, to have completed the practical legal training requirements referred to in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) section 17(1)(b).