Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION REGULATION 2007 (NO 27 OF 2007) - REG 13

    (1)     For the Act, section 50 (Statutory condition about practice as a solicitor), the period of supervised legal practice is—

        (a)     if the practitioner completed practical legal training principally under the supervision of an Australian lawyer, whether involving articles of clerkship or otherwise, to qualify for admission to the legal profession in the ACT or another jurisdiction—a period or periods equivalent to 18 months, worked out under this section, after the day the practitioner's first practising certificate was granted; or

        (b)     if the practitioner completed other practical legal training to qualify for admission to the legal profession in the ACT or another jurisdiction—a period or periods equivalent to 2 years, worked out under this section, after the day the practitioner's first practising certificate was granted.

    (2)     For subsection (1) and the Act, section 75 (Special provisions about interstate legal practitioner engaging in unsupervised legal practice in ACT), completion by a person of a period or periods of supervised legal practice equivalent to the required period of 18 months or 2 years must be worked out by satisfying the requirements of this section.

    (3)     To satisfy the requirements of this section, a person must complete—

        (a)     1 period of supervised legal practice, worked on a full-time basis, that is equal to the required period; or

        (b)     1 period of supervised legal practice, worked on a part-time basis, that is equivalent to the required period; or

        (c)     2 or more periods of supervised legal practice, worked on either or both of those bases, that together are equal or equivalent to the required period.

    (4)     In working out a period of supervised legal practice for a person for this section—

        (a)     a public holiday in the period is included as a day of supervised legal practice whether or not the person engaged in legal practice on the day; and

        (b)     normal periods of leave taken in the period by the person are included as periods of supervised legal practice.