Additional conditions on practising certificates of barristers
75 Additional conditions on practising certificates of barristers
(1) The Law Society may, under section 70, impose conditions of the following kinds on the practising certificate of a barrister:
(a) a condition requiring the holder to undertake and complete to the Society's satisfaction a full-time component or other component of a reading program applicable to the holder and decided or approved by:
the Society; or
other body decided by the Statutory Supervisor;
a condition requiring the holder to:
(i) read with a barrister of a specified class or description chosen by the holder (including a barrister chosen from a list of at least 10 barristers kept by the Society for the purpose) for a specified period; and
(ii) comply with the requirements that will enable the barrister, at the end of the specified period, to certify to the Society that the holder is fit to practise as a barrister without restriction.
(2) A condition of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) imposed on the practising certificate of a barrister may limit the barrister's practising rights until the condition is complied with.
(3) Subject to section 74, the Society may, under section 70, impose conditions of a kind mentioned in the section on a local practising certificate granted to a barrister (but not a barrister and solicitor).
(4) The Society may cancel or suspend a local practising certificate if the holder contravenes a condition of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) or (3).
(5) This section does not limit the Society's power under section 70 to impose conditions on a practising certificate.
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