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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 121

121 .         Provisions about renewing Australian registration certificates under Uniform Law s. 62

        (1)         An application for the renewal of an Australian registration certificate under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) section 62 must be made within —

            (a)         the period prescribed by the local regulations as the standard renewal period; or

            (b)         the later period prescribed by the local regulations as the late fee period.

        (2)         Those periods must be within the currency of the Australian registration certificate.

        (3)         The Board —

            (a)         may reject an application for renewal made during the late fee period; and

            (b)         must reject an application for renewal that is not made during the standard renewal period or the late fee period unless the Board accepts the application under subsection (4).

        (4)         Despite subsection (1), the Board may accept an application made within 6 months after the end of the late fee period (even after the expiry of the Australian registration certificate to which the application relates) if the Board is satisfied that —

            (a)         the delay was caused by matters beyond the control of the applicant; or

            (b)         there are other circumstances warranting acceptance of the application.

        (5)         If the application is accepted under subsection (4) after the expiry of the Australian registration certificate to which the application relates, the certificate —

            (a)         is taken to have continued in force on and from the 1 July immediately following its expiry until the Board renews or refuses to renew the certificate or the applicant withdraws the application for renewal, unless the certificate is sooner suspended or cancelled; and

            (b)         if renewed, is taken to have been renewed on and from that 1 July.

        (6)         Subsection (7) applies if an application for renewal of an Australian registration certificate is made during or after the late fee period prescribed by the local regulations.

        (7)         Payment of a late fee prescribed by the local regulations may, if the Board considers appropriate, be required as a condition of acceptance of the application.



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