421Contents of Admission Rules

421 Contents of Admission Rules

421 Contents of Admission Rules

(1) The Admission Rules may make provision with respect to any aspect of admission.

(2) Without limitation, the Admission Rules may make provision with respect to the following—

(a) the prerequisites for the issue of a compliance certificate, as referred to in section 17;

(b) without limiting paragraph (a), the accreditation, monitoring and reaccreditation of law courses and providers of practical legal training (in connection with those prerequisites);

(c) the making and assessment of applications for compliance certificates;

(d) the issue of compliance certificates;

(e) declarations of early assessment of suitability for a compliance certificate;

(f) applications for, and the giving of, directions by the designated local regulatory authority as to—

(i) the sufficiency of qualifications or training obtained overseas; and

(ii) guidance as to the need (if any) to obtain further qualifications or training;

(g) conditions on admission that may be applied in the case of foreign lawyers.

(3) The Admission Rules may require the disclosure of matters that may affect consideration of the suitability of an applicant for admission, or affect consideration of the question whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to be admitted, including convictions that must be disclosed and those that need not be disclosed.

Note

Section 6 provides—”Without limiting the meaning of the terms admission or admission to the Australian legal profession, those terms include readmission.” Consequently the Admission Rules may make provision with respect to any aspect of readmission.