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Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014
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#### 22 Appointment of NSW Commissioner
22 Appointment of NSW Commissioner
> > (1) The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Attorney General, appoint a person to be the NSW Legal Services Commissioner.
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> > Note.
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> > The Legal Services Commissioner is referred to in this Act as the NSW Commissioner. See the definition of that term in section 3.
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> > (2) The person so appointed is to be a person who, in the opinion of the Attorney General—
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> > > (a) is familiar with the nature of the legal system and legal practice (but need not be an Australian legal practitioner), and
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> > > (b) possesses sufficient qualities of independence, fairness and integrity.
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> > (3) Schedule 4 contains provisions relating to the NSW Commissioner.