21ANSW Admission Board Rules

#### 21A NSW Admission Board Rules 21A NSW Admission Board Rules > > (1) The NSW Admission Board may make rules for or with respect to— > > > > > (a) any administrative matters relating to the functions of the Board, and > > > > > (b) registration and deregistration as students-at-law and the qualifications for registration, and > > > > > (c) the examination and assessment in academic subjects of candidates for registration and students-at-law, and > > > > > (c1) the discipline of students-at-law, including enabling the NSW Admission Board to establish a scheme for— > > > > > > > (i) the investigation of misconduct by students-at-law, and > > > > > > > (ii) the discipline of students-at-law found to have engaged in misconduct, and > > > > > (c2) the internal review of decisions made by the NSW Admission Board and committees of the Board, and > > > > > (d) fees and costs payable for registration and students-at-law (other than fees for admission to the Australian legal profession) and the refund or remission of fees, and > > > > > (e) fees in relation to the exercise of functions of the Board, other than a function for which a fee is already prescribed by legal profession legislation, and > > > > > (f) the waiver, postponement, reduction or refund, in whole or in part, of the fees. > > > (1A) A provision of legal profession legislation that prescribes a fee prevails, to the extent of an inconsistency, over a rule that specifies a fee. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1) or the power of the NSW Admission Board to delegate functions under section 20A, the rules may— > > > > > (a) provide for the establishment, dissolution and procedures of committees of the Board, and > > > > > (b) confer or provide for conferring functions on a committee, including any functions of the Board, and > > > > > (c) provide that a committee exercises any of its functions in an advisory capacity or as delegate of the Board. > > > (3) A rule may do any of the following— > > > > > (a) apply generally or be limited in its application by reference to specified exceptions or factors, > > > > > (b) apply differently according to different factors of a specified kind, > > > > > (c) authorise any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by any specified person or body, > > > > > (d) apply, adopt or incorporate a document as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time. > > > (4) A rule made under this section must not be inconsistent with— > > > > > (a) this Act, or > > > > > (b) the [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a), or > > > > > (c) the Admission Rules made by the Legal Services Council under Part 9.2 of that Law. > > > (5) The rules must be published— > > > > > (a) in the Gazette, and > > > > > (b) on a website maintained by the Board. > > > (6) Sections 40 and 41 of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) apply to the rules in the same way as they apply to a statutory rule. > > **s 21A:** Ins 2015 No 7, Sch 1 \[15\]. Am 2024 No 7, Sch 2\[2\]–\[7\]; 2024 No 47, Sch 2.6.