426Development of Admission Rules

426 Development of Admission Rules

426 Development of Admission Rules

(1) This section applies to proposed Admission Rules, and has effect subject to sections 429 and 430.

(2) The Admissions Committee may develop proposed Admission Rules.

(3) In developing proposed Admission Rules, the Admissions Committee—

(a) must consult with the Chief Justices of the participating jurisdictions, the Council, the Commissioner, and such of the Council’s advisory committees and local regulatory authorities as the Council considers appropriate, for a minimum period of 30 days; and

(b) must, with the approval of the Council, release a draft of the proposed Admission Rules for public consultation and invite written submissions about the draft to be made to the Admissions Committee during a specified period of at least 30 days; and

(c) must consider all reasonable submissions duly made and received and provide the Council with a copy of all submissions received; and

(d) must, after considering the submissions and making any amendments to the draft, submit a final draft to the Council, together with a report demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this subsection.

(4) The Council must submit the proposed Admission Rules to the Standing Committee in the form in which they are submitted to the Council.

s 426: Am 2015 No 8, sec 23.