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30 Compliance certificates by admissions board
(1) Subsection (2) applies if, after considering an application for
admission to the legal profession, the admissions board considers—
(a) the applicant is—
(i) eligible for admission; and
Functions and powers of admissions board Division 2.3.4
(ii) a fit and proper person to be admitted; and
(b) the application is in accordance with the admission rules; and
(c) there are no grounds for refusing to give a certificate of the
matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) (a compliance
certificate).
(2) The admissions board must, within the time required by the admission
rules—
(a) tell the Supreme Court its decision by filing a compliance
(b) give a copy of the compliance certificate to the bar council and
law society council.
(3) If the admissions board refuses to give a compliance certificate to an
applicant for admission to the legal profession, the board must—
(a) tell the Supreme Court its decision by filing a statement about
the decision and the reasons for the decision; and
(b) give a copy of the statement to the bar council and law society
(c) give an information notice to the applicant.