Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) The Board may make
rules for the admission of persons to the legal profession under this Act.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), rules may be made about any of the following —
(a) the
procedure for admission, including —
(i)
how an application is to be made;
(ii)
giving notice of the application to an entity or public
notice of the application;
(iii)
the affidavits or certificates the applicant must provide
with or for the application;
(b)
admission requirements regarding, and the approval of, academic qualifications
and practical legal training;
(c) the
examination of applicants for admission and the assessment of their
qualifications;
(d) the
disclosure of matters that may affect consideration of the eligibility of an
applicant for admission, or affect consideration of the question of whether
the applicant is a fit and proper person to be admitted, including convictions
that must be disclosed and those that need not be disclosed;
(e)
applications for admission under the trans-Tasman mutual recognition
legislative scheme;
(f) the
assessment of the qualifications and practical legal training of overseas
qualified or trained applicants;
(g) the
conferral of a right of objection to an applicant’s admission;
(h) the
procedure in the conduct of inquiries under Part 4;
(i)
fees and costs payable under the admission rules and the
refund or remission of fees.
(3) Without limiting
subsection (1), the rules may provide for abridging, in specified
circumstances, any period of practical legal training required by the rules.