16Application for directions – qualified overseas applicant

16 Application for directions – qualified overseas applicant

(1)  A person who intends to apply for admission to the legal profession in Tasmania must apply to the Board for directions under rule 21 as to the extent, if any, to which the applicant’s existing academic qualification and practical legal training, as a qualified overseas applicant, may be regarded as sufficient for admission, without meeting further academic qualification and practical legal training requirements.

(2)  An application by a qualified overseas applicant under subrule (1) must include, or be accompanied by, the fee payable under rule 23(1)(b) .

(3)  Unless the Board determines otherwise, an application by a qualified overseas applicant under subrule (1) must be accompanied by an affidavit –

(a) stating the nature and details of the applicant’s academic qualification and practical legal training; and

(b) including supporting evidence that the applicant –

(i) has the academic qualification and practical legal training on which the applicant relies; and

(ii) meets all requirements for admission in the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the academic qualification and practical legal training; and

(iii) has met other formal or procedural requirements, if any; and

(c) including supporting evidence that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of written and spoken English to engage in legal practice in Tasmania; and

(d) stating whether the applicant has applied for admission in another Australian jurisdiction and if so, the result of that application; and

(e) including additional information the Board requires or has requested.