Starting legal practice during CPD year
5 Starting legal practice during CPD year
This clause applies to a legal practitioner who:
is not engaging in legal practice on 1 April of a CPD year; but
starts engaging in legal practice later in that CPD year.
If the legal practitioner starts engaging in legal practice in a month of the CPD year mentioned in the Table below, the practitioner must, for that CPD year, accrue the number of CPD points specified opposite, of which at least 1 CPD point must be accrued in:
the number of core competencies specified opposite; and
a substantive law competency.
Month |
CPD points required |
Core competencies |
April |
10 |
4 |
May |
9 |
4 |
June |
8 |
3 |
July |
7 |
2 |
August |
6 |
2 |
September |
5 |
2 |
October |
4 |
1 |
November |
3 |
1 |
December |
2 |
1 |
January |
1 |
0 |
If the legal practitioner starts engaging in legal practice in
February or March of the CPD year, the practitioner is not required to comply with the practitioner's CPD obligation for that CPD year.
Division 3 Basic concepts about accruing and claiming CPD points
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