(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.