Legal Profession Act 2006

Approved academic qualifications are academic qualifications approved, under the admission rules, for admission to the legal profession in this jurisdiction.

Approved practical legal training requirements are legal training requirements approved, under the admission rules, for admission to the legal profession in this jurisdiction.

Corresponding academic qualifications are academic qualifications that would qualify the person for admission to the legal profession in another jurisdiction if the Admission Board is satisfied substantially the same minimum criteria apply for the approval of academic qualifications for admission in the other jurisdiction as apply in this jurisdiction.

Corresponding practical legal training requirements are legal training requirements that would qualify the person for admission to the legal profession in another jurisdiction if the Board is satisfied substantially the same minimum criteria apply for the approval of legal training requirements for admission in the other jurisdiction as apply in this jurisdiction.

For this section, the Board may satisfy itself regarding the minimum criteria for the approval of academic qualifications, or legal training requirements, for admission in another jurisdiction by considering appropriate advice from an authority of the other jurisdiction that the criteria were established consistently with relevant agreed standards.

Accordingly, the Board need not examine (in detail or at all) the content of courses of legal study or legal training requirements prescribed in the other jurisdiction.

The regulations may identify or provide a way of identifying the agreed standards.