Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) The amendments in
this section are to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 2003 .
(2) Section 3 is
amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting the definition of “lawyer”;
(b) by
inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position —
“
“legal practitioner” means an
Australian legal practitioner within the meaning of that term in the Legal
Profession Act 2008 section 3;
”.
(3)
Sections 25(2)(b), 51(3)(c) and 65(2) are amended by deleting
“lawyer” in each place where it occurs and inserting
instead —
“ legal practitioner ”.
(4) Schedule 1
clause 1 is repealed and the following clause is inserted
instead —
“
1. Qualifications for
appointment
(1) A person is
qualified to be appointed under clause 2 as the Chief Assessor or as an
Assessor if the person is an Australian lawyer and has had at least
8 years’ legal experience.
(2) In
subclause (1) —
"Australian lawyer" has the meaning given in the
Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3;
"legal experience" means —
(a)
standing and practice as a legal practitioner; or
(b)
judicial service (including service as a judge of a court, a magistrate or
other judicial officer) in the State or elsewhere in a common law
jurisdiction; or
(c) a
combination of both kinds of legal experience mentioned in paragraphs (a)
and (b).
”.