Legal Profession Admission Rules 2007

(1) A person may enter into articles with any of the following persons:

(a) a local legal practitioner who holds a current unrestricted practising certificate and is practising as a solicitor or as a barrister and solicitor;

(b) the Chief Executive Officer of the department primarily responsible to the Minister administering the Act;

(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions as defined in the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990

(d) the Director of Legal Aid as defined in the Legal Aid Act 1990;

(e) an AGS lawyer as defined in section 55I of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) acting in that capacity;

(f) the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions as defined in the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) or a person nominated by the Director and approved by the Board.

(2) A person who has entered or is about to enter into articles with a person mentioned in subrule (1) must apply to the Board for approval to do so.

(3) The application for approval must be in accordance with the form approved by the Board and accompanied by the documents specified in rule 20.

(4) The Board may approve the entry into articles only if the Board is satisfied:

(a) the applicant has attained the approved academic qualifications for admission specified in rule 4; and

(c) the person with whom the applicant proposes to enter or has entered into articles is a person mentioned in subrule (1); and

(d) the articles or proposed articles, together with any supplementary course required under rule 28(1), will enable the applicant to achieve the level of competence required by the competency standards.