South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (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.