55CRegister of Practitioners

#### 55C Register of Practitioners (1) For the purposes of section 55B, the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar of the High Court shall cause a Register of Practitioners to be kept at the Registry of the High Court. (2) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar that a person would, but for subsection (3) of the last preceding section, be for the time being entitled by reason of that section to practise as a barrister or solicitor, or as both, in federal courts, the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar shall cause the name of the person, and the capacity in which he or she is to be entitled to practise, to be entered in the Register of Practitioners. (3) Where, otherwise than by reason of an order by the High Court under subsection (5), the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar is satisfied that a person whose name appears in the Register of Practitioners: (a) is not for the time being entitled by reason of the last preceding section: (i) to practise in federal courts; or (ii) to practise in federal courts in a capacity specified in the Register; or (b) would, but for subsection (3) of the last preceding section, be for the time being entitled by reason of that section to practise in federal courts in a capacity not specified in the Register; the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar shall cause the particulars in the Register in relation to the person to be struck out or amended, as the case requires. (4) Where the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar is satisfied that a person whose name appears in the Register of Practitioners has died, the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar shall cause the particulars in the Register in relation to the person to be struck out. (5) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the High Court that a person whose name appears in the Register of Practitioners has been guilty of conduct that justifies it in so doing, the High Court may: (a) order that the person be not entitled to practise in federal courts and that his or her name be struck off the Register; or (b) order that the person’s entitlement to practise in federal courts be suspended for a specified period; but the High Court may at any time, by order, revoke or vary such an order. (6) Where the High Court makes an order under the last preceding subsection, the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar shall cause such entries or amendments to be made in the Register of Practitioners as are necessary to give effect to, or show the effect of, the order. (7) Where the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar causes an entry to be made in the Register of Practitioners, or causes an entry in the Register to be struck out or amended, the Registrar shall cause the ground on which, and the date upon which, the entry is so made, struck out or amended to be noted in the Register.