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Supreme Court (Admission) Rules 2004
sec.9GPeriod within which training must be completed
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### sec.9G Period within which training must be completed
The approved practical legal training requirements under rule 7A (2) —
must be completed within at least 1 year and not more than 2 years after the person’s traineeship starts, or if the person does more than 1 traineeship, the first traineeship starts; or
may be completed within a longer period, but if the requirements are completed in a longer period only the last 2 years of the traineeship may be taken into account for deciding whether the approved practical legal training requirements have been satisfactorily completed, unless the board considers there are special circumstances.
However, approved supplementary training must be completed within 3 years before the person’s application for admission.
Rule 9E states how to work out the period of a traineeship for subrule (1) .
r 9G ins 2005 SL No. 129 s 8
amd 2015 SL No. 124 s 11
(sec.9G-ssec.1) The approved practical legal training requirements under rule 7A (2) — must be completed within at least 1 year and not more than 2 years after the person’s traineeship starts, or if the person does more than 1 traineeship, the first traineeship starts; or may be completed within a longer period, but if the requirements are completed in a longer period only the last 2 years of the traineeship may be taken into account for deciding whether the approved practical legal training requirements have been satisfactorily completed, unless the board considers there are special circumstances.
(sec.9G-ssec.2) However, approved supplementary training must be completed within 3 years before the person’s application for admission.
(sec.9G-ssec.3) Rule 9E states how to work out the period of a traineeship for subrule (1) .
- (a) must be completed within at least 1 year and not more than 2 years after the person’s traineeship starts, or if the person does more than 1 traineeship, the first traineeship starts; or
- (b) may be completed within a longer period, but if the requirements are completed in a longer period only the last 2 years of the traineeship may be taken into account for deciding whether the approved practical legal training requirements have been satisfactorily completed, unless the board considers there are special circumstances.