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CurrentMain purposes of pt 2.3
Chapter 2General requirements for engaging in legal practice
Part 2.3Admission of local lawyers
Division 1Preliminary
28 Main purposes of pt 2.3
The main purposes of this part are as follows—
(a)
in the interests of the administration of justice and for the protection of consumers of legal services, to provide a system under which only applicants who have appropriate academic qualifications and practical legal training and who are otherwise fit and proper persons to be admitted to the legal profession are qualified for admission to the legal profession under this Act;
(b)
to provide for the recognition of equivalent qualifications and training that apply to applicants for admission to the legal profession in other jurisdictions.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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