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581Joint rules for Australian legal practitioners
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581 Joint rules for Australian legal practitioners
(1) The bar council and the law society council may jointly make rules
(joint rules) for or in relation to any matter about which they may
separately make rules.
Division 8.3.2 Rules for Australian legal practitioners and Australian-registered foreign
(2) A joint rule may, but need not, apply in the same way to both
barristers and solicitors.
(3) Joint rules prevail, to the extent of any inconsistency, over legal
profession rules made separately by the bar council or law society
council (whether made before or after the joint rules).