Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 (NO 29 OF 2006) - REG 4707

(SCR o 8 r 2; MC(CJ)R s 486 (1) and (2) and s 487; NSW r 7.26; Qld r 987)

    (1)     An accused person may, at any stage of a proceeding and without an order, appoint another solicitor in place of the solicitor then acting for the person.

    (2)     If an accused person appoints another solicitor, the newly appointed solicitor must—

    (a)     file a notice of the change of solicitor; and

    (b)     serve a stamped copy of the notice on—

    (i)     the director of public prosecutions; and

    (ii)     any solicitor who was acting for the accused person immediately before the notice was filed.

    (3)     The notice must state the accused person's address for service.

Note     If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 , s 8 for this provision, the form must be used.

    (4)     The accused person's former solicitor remains the solicitor on the record until the newly appointed solicitor complies with subrule (2).