13Application for direction

13 Application for direction (1) Before making an application for admission, the overseas applicant must apply to the Board for directions as to whether the applicant is required to obtain further academic qualifications or practical training and experience in order to be eligible for admission to the legal profession. (2) If the applicant is a person mentioned in rule 12(a), the applicant must give the Board a statutory declaration: (a) specifying: (i) the nature and details of the applicant's academic qualifications and practical training and experience; and (ii) whether the applicant has applied for similar directions or for admission in another jurisdiction and, if so, the result of the application; and (b) to which is annexed original or authenticated documentary evidence that the applicant has the academic qualifications and practical training and experience detailed. (3) If the applicant is a person mentioned in rule 12(b), the applicant must give the Board a statutory declaration: (a) specifying: (i) the nature and details of the applicant's academic qualifications and practical training and experience; and (ii) the nature, range, duration and character of the applicant's practice in the foreign county; and (iii) whether the applicant has applied for similar directions or for admission in another jurisdiction and, if so, the result of the application; and (iv) each of the matters required to be specified by section 189(2) of the Act; and (b) to which is annexed: (i) original or authenticated documentary evidence that the applicant has the academic qualifications and practical training and experience detailed; and

Part 4 Admission of local lawyers Division 3 Overseas applicants Legal Profession Admission Rules 2007 8 (ii) original or authenticated documentary evidence of the applicant's registration in the foreign country.