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Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015
14Statutory condition—to engage in supervised legal practice
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#### 14 Statutory condition—to engage in supervised legal practice
14 Statutory condition—to engage in supervised legal practice
> > (1) For the purposes of section 49(2) of the Uniform Law, completion by a person of a period or periods of supervised legal practice equivalent to the required period of 18 months or 2 years is to be worked out by satisfying the requirements of this rule.
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> > (2) The person satisfies the requirements of this rule if the person completes—
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> > > (a) one period of supervised legal practice, worked on a full-time basis, that is equal to the required period worked out on a full-time basis, or
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> > > (b) one period of supervised legal practice, worked on a part-time basis, that is equivalent to the required period worked out on a full-time basis, or
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> > > (c) two or more periods of supervised legal practice, worked on either or both of those bases, that together are equal or equivalent to the required period.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this rule—
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> > > (a) public holidays during a relevant period are to be included as days of supervised legal practice, whether or not the person engaged in legal practice on those days, and
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> > > (b) normal periods of leave taken during a relevant period by the person are to be included as periods of supervised legal practice.