Oath before admission
7 Oath before admission
Before being admitted to the legal profession, a person must take an oath in the form in Schedule 1, administered by a judge of the Court or a person specified in subrule (2) or (3).
If the person applies under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992
(Cth) to be registered in the Territory and elects not to appear in person before the Court to be admitted to the legal profession, the oath must be administered by a Registrar of the Supreme Court of another jurisdiction or another officer of that Court designated by the Board.
If the person applies under the Trans-Tasman Mutual
Recognition Act 1997 (Cth) to be registered in the Territory and elects not to appear in person before the Court to be admitted to the legal profession, the oath must be administered by the Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand or another officer of that Court designated by the Board.
If the oath is administered under subrule (2) or (3), the signature on the form in Schedule 2 of the officer who administered the oath is sufficient proof that the person taking the oath has complied with the subrule.
A person who elects under subrule (2) or (3) not to appear in person before the Court must, when taking the oath, sign the form in
Schedule 2 for insertion in the local roll.
On signing the form, the person is taken to have signed the local roll.
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