New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe objective of this Part is to protect the administration of justice and the clients of law practices by providing a system under which persons are eligible for admission to the Australian legal profession only if--
(a) they have appropriate academic qualifications and practical legal training, whether obtained in Australia or elsewhere; and
(b) they are fit and proper persons to be admitted.
Notes:1 Admission does not of itself entitle a person to engage in legal practice, but is a prerequisite for being able to apply in this jurisdiction for an Australian practising certificate, which entitles the holder to engage in legal practice.2 The admission of New Zealand lawyers is effected by the operation of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth.