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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Admission and enrolment of barristers and solicitors - Admission of barristers and solicitors

49: Qualifications

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You can be a barrister and solicitor if you fit one category. You must meet certain rules to qualify. You can check the rules under section 54 to see what you need to do. You might fit the first category if you have the right qualifications and are a fit person. The New Zealand Council of Legal Education sets these qualifications. You also need to meet the criteria set by rules made under section 54. You might fit the second category if you are already a barrister or solicitor in another country. You need to have the right qualifications and be a fit person. You also need to meet the criteria set by rules made under section 54. You might fit the third category if you have a certificate from a Registrar. This certificate is for people who have given notice under section 19 of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997. The Registrar gives you this certificate if you meet the right rules.

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Admission of barristers and solicitors

49Qualifications

  1. A person is qualified for admission as a barrister and solicitor if he or she is in at least 1 of the categories in this section.

  2. The first category is persons who—

  3. have all the qualifications for admission prescribed or required by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education; and
    1. are fit and proper persons to be admitted as barristers and solicitors of the High Court; and
      1. meet the criteria prescribed by rules made under section 54.

        1. The second category is persons who—

        2. have been admitted as a barrister, solicitor, barrister and solicitor, advocate, or attorney by a senior court of any other country; and
          1. have all the qualifications prescribed or required by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education in consultation with the Council of the New Zealand Law Society; and
            1. are fit and proper persons to be admitted as barristers and solicitors of the High Court; and
              1. meet the criteria prescribed by rules made under section 54.

                1. The third category is persons who have been issued with a certificate by a Registrar stating that the candidate has given notice under section 19 of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 to the Registrar acting as a local registration authority under that Act.

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                • Section 49(3)(a): amended, on , by section 183(b) of the Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48).