783FApplicant not appearing at hearing

783F Applicant not appearing at hearing

[Rule 783F of Part 32 Inserted by S.R. 2002, No. 23, Applied:17 Apr 2002]

(1)  An applicant for admission under this Division may elect not to appear in person at the hearing of the application.

(2)  An applicant who elects not to appear must –

(a) [Rule 783F Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2008, No. 128, Applied:31 Dec 2008] take and subscribe the oath set out in Form 57BG; and

(b) sign a pro forma in the prescribed form for insertion in a roll of practitioners or barristers kept by the Registrar.

(3)  The applicant is to sign the pro forma before –

(a) the Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of any State or a Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand; or

(b) any officer of such a court the Chief Justice determines.

(4)  Before the hearing of the application, the applicant must return to the Registrar –

(a) the signed pro forma; and

(b) a certificate of the administration of oaths in the prescribed form.