LEGAL PROFESSION ADMISSION RULES 2007
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15 Board may make further inquiries (1) To assist the Board to give appropriate directions to the overseas applicant, the Board may make the inquiries it considers appropriate about any of the following matters: (a) the system of jurisprudence of the foreign country in which the applicant obtained qualifications or is registered (or both); (b) the applicant's academic qualifications; (c) the nature and adequacy of the applicant's training and experience in legal practice; (d) the applicant's suitability to be admitted to the legal profession. (2) If the Board considers it appropriate, it may submit the results of its inquiries to any of the following persons or bodies for advice on any of the matters mentioned in subrule (1): (a) the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General for the Territory; (b) the Dean or Associate Dean of a Faculty or School of Law; (c) a corresponding authority in Australia; (d) a committee appointed by the Board to give that advice.