49Statutory condition—to engage in supervised legal practice

49 Statutory condition—to engage in supervised legal practice

49 Statutory condition—to engage in supervised legal practice

(1) It is a statutory condition of an Australian practising certificate granted in this jurisdiction that the holder must, in this jurisdiction, engage in supervised legal practice only, until the holder has completed—

(a) if the holder completed practical legal training principally under the supervision of an Australian lawyer to qualify for admission to the Australian legal profession—a period or periods equivalent to 18 months of supervised legal practice; or

(b) if the holder completed other practical legal training to qualify for admission to the Australian legal profession—a period or periods equivalent to 2 years of supervised legal practice.

(2) The Uniform Rules may specify the method or a method of determining any such period or periods.

(3) The statutory condition does not apply to an Australian practising certificate with a condition that the holder is authorised to engage in legal practice as or in the manner of a barrister only.

(4) The designated local regulatory authority may—

(a) exempt a person or class of persons from the statutory condition; or

(b) reduce a period referred to in the statutory condition for a person or class of persons—

if satisfied that the person or persons do not need to be supervised or need to be supervised only for a shorter period, having regard to the length and nature of any legal practice previously engaged in by the person or persons.

(5) The exemption may be given unconditionally or subject to any conditions that the designated local regulatory authority thinks appropriate.