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LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1981 - SECT 15

15—Entitlement to admission

        (1)         A person who satisfies the Supreme Court—

            (a)         that he or she is a fit and proper person to practise the profession of the law; and

            (c)         that—

                  (i)         he or she has complied with—

                        (A)         the rules of the Supreme Court relating to the admission of barristers and solicitors of the Supreme Court; and

                        (B)         the rules made by LPEAC under this Act prescribing the qualifications for admission as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court; or

                  (ii)         insofar as there has been non-compliance with those rules, he or she should be exempted from such compliance,

is entitled to be admitted and enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court.

        (1a)         The Supreme Court must refer each application for admission and enrolment by a person whose name has been removed from the roll of legal practitioners maintained under this Act to the Attorney-General, the Commissioner and the Society, each of whom is entitled to be heard by the Court on the application in accordance with the rules of the Court.

        (2)         The Supreme Court must refer each application for admission and enrolment to the Board of Examiners for its report and recommendation on the application.

        (3)         The Board of Examiners may refer any matter raised by an application to LPEAC for its advice or, if the rules so provide, its determination.

        (4)         The Board of Examiners must, on or before the day on which its report and recommendation on an application is provided to the Supreme Court, provide the applicant with—

            (a)         a copy of the report and recommendation; and

            (b)         if the recommendation is that the application be rejected—a statement of the reasons for the recommendation.

        (5)         In this section—

"Board of Examiners" means the Board of Examiners established under Division 2 of Part 2A.



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