Legal Practitioners Act 1981

The Society, in general meeting, may make rules—

to define the objects of the Society; or

to provide for the election of a President, the President-Elect,

to provide for the election of members of the Council, and to define the conditions on which they hold office; or

to provide for the filling of casual vacancies occurring in elective offices of the Society and in the membership of the Council;

to regulate the meetings and proceedings of, and the conduct of business by, the Council, or any committee to which it has delegated any of its powers; or

to provide for the execution of documents by or on behalf of the

to define the terms and conditions on which a person may be admitted to membership of the Society and to provide for the resignation, expulsion and re-admission of members of the Society; or

to prescribe, and provide for the payment of, subscriptions by members of the Society; or

to provide for the administration of any fund or ADI account under the control of the Society; or

to make any other provision relating to the administration of the

A member of the Society, or a legal practitioner, is entitled, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by rules under this section, to receive a printed copy of the rules in force for the time being under this section.

The Attorney-General may, by instrument in writing, certify that a rule made by the Society under this section relates only to the internal administration of the Society and where such a certificate has been given under this section, section 10 of the Subordinate Legislation