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.