7Exempt periods of practice—the Act, ss 45 and 45A

7 Exempt periods of practice—the Act, ss 45 and 45A

7 Exempt periods of practice—the Act, ss 45 and 45A

(1) An exempt period of practice must be subtracted from the period of supervised legal practice required by the statutory condition imposed by the Uniform Law, section 49 on an Australian practising certificate granted to a person.

(2) The operation of section 49 and other applicable provisions of the Uniform Law are modified to the extent necessary to give effect to this section.

(3) In this section—

exempt period of practice means a period of legal practice that a person engaged in as a government lawyer or corporate lawyer—

(a) before 1 July 2015, or

(b) while exempt from holding an Australian practising certificate under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015, Part 4, immediately before its repeal.