Supreme Court Rules 2000
783AInterpretation of Division 2A of Part 32
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783A Interpretation of Division 2A of Part 32
[Rule 783A of Part 32 Inserted by S.R. 2002, No. 23, Applied:17 Apr 2002] In this Division –
Commonwealth Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth or the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth;
[Rule 783A Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 128, Applied:31 Dec 2008] interstate practitioner means a person who at the time of applying for admission under this Division –
(a) is an interstate legal practitioner within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act 2007 ; or
(b) is entitled to practise as a barrister, solicitor or barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand;
mutual recognition principle means –
(a) the mutual recognition principle enacted in Part 3 of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth and adopted in Tasmania by the Mutual Recognition (Tasmania) Act 1993 ; or
(b) the principle enacted in Part 3 of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth and adopted in Tasmania by the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Tasmania) Act 1998 ;
State includes any other State, a Territory and New Zealand.