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Legal Profession Act 2006
20Purposes—pt 2.3
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20 Purposes—pt 2.3
(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 people to be admitted are qualified for admission
to the legal profession in the ACT;
(b) to provide for the recognition of equivalent qualifications and
training that make applicants eligible for admission to the legal
profession in other jurisdictions.