Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Judges appointed under section 32(1) of the Supreme Court Act who are not additional Judges, or a majority of them, may make rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for the admission of persons to the legal profession under this Act.
(2) Rules may be made about any of the following:
(a) the procedure for admission, including:
(i) how an application must be made; and
(ii) giving notice of the application to an entity or public notice of the application; and
(iii) the affidavits or certificates the applicant must provide with or for the application; and
(iv) the keeping and signing of the local roll and the particulars to be recorded on the roll; and
(v) the oath or affirmation of office to be taken or made by a local lawyer;
(b) admission requirements regarding, and the approval of, academic qualifications and practical legal training;
(c) the examination of candidates for admission and the assessment of their qualifications;
(d) the disclosure of matters that may affect consideration of the eligibility of an applicant for admission, or affect consideration of the question whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to be admitted, including convictions that must be disclosed and those that need not be disclosed;
(e) applications for admission under the trans-Tasman mutual recognition legislative scheme;
(f) the assessment of the qualifications and practical legal training of overseas qualified or trained applicants against the academic requirements and practical legal training requirements that apply to local applicants;
(g) the conferral of a right of objection to an applicant's admission on persons of appropriate standing;
(h) the procedure to be adopted in the conduct of inquiries under this Part;
(i) examinations in academic subjects of candidates for registration as students-at-law or of applicants for admission;
(j) the establishment and conduct of bodies with functions concerning:
(i) the examination of applicants for admission; and
(ii) the assessment of applicants as to whether they are eligible for admission and are fit and proper persons to be admitted;
(k) authorising the Admission Board to exempt a person from the requirements of:
(i) section 29(1)(b) to the extent the person has engaged in relevant studies in a foreign country to the satisfaction of the Board; or
(ii) section 29(1)(c) to the extent the person has completed a period of relevant service with a government department or other government agency (including, for example, service in courts administration) to the satisfaction of the Board;
(l) accreditation of legal education and practical legal training courses;
(m) any other matters relating to the Board's functions.
(3) Rules may provide for abridging, in specified circumstances, any period of practical legal training required by the rules.
(4) Despite anything to the contrary in the rules, the Board must:
(a) give the Law Society a copy of each application for admission to the legal profession under this Act; and
(b) give the Society and any other person granted leave to be joined as a party to the application a copy of all other documents relevant to the application.
(5) The rules must not require a person to satisfactorily complete before admission a period of supervised training that exceeds in length a period or periods equivalent to one full-time year as determined under the rules.