12Completion of periods of supervised legal practice

12 Completion of periods of supervised legal practice (1) For sections 73 and 82 of the Act, completion by a person of a period or periods of supervised legal practice equivalent to the required period of 18 months or 2 years must be worked out by satisfying the requirements of this regulation. (2) The person satisfies the requirements of this regulation if the person completes: (a) one period of supervised legal practice, worked on a full-time basis, equal to the required period worked out on a full-time basis; or (b) one period of supervised legal practice, worked on a part-time basis, equivalent to the required period worked out on a full-time basis; or (c) 2 or more periods of supervised legal practice, worked on either or both of these bases, that together are equal to or equivalent to the required period. Examples for subregulation (2)

1. A person undertakes supervised legal practice for 40 weeks at 28 hours a week. For the purpose of working out the required period, the 40 weeks must be multiplied by 28 and divided by 35, making this equivalent to 32 weeks supervised legal practice.
2. A person undertakes supervised legal practice for 28 weeks at 40 hours a week. For the purpose of working out the required period, this is equivalent to 28 weeks supervised legal practice. (3) For subregulation (2): (a) public holidays during a relevant period must be included as days of supervised legal practice, whether or not the person engages in legal practice on those days; and (b) normal periods of leave taken during a relevant period by the person are to be included as periods of supervised legal

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