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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

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

60: Voluntary removal of name from roll, and restoration

You could also call this:

"Removing or putting back your name on the lawyers' list"

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You can ask for your name to be removed from the roll of barristers and solicitors at any time, but you need to get permission from the Council of the New Zealand Law Society first. You can also ask for your name to be put back on the roll if it has been removed, and you need to get permission from the Council of the New Zealand Law Society again. The Registrar will then remove or restore your name and publish a notice in the Gazette to let everyone know. You will have to pay for the cost of publishing the notice. The Registrar will only make the change if they are satisfied that you have got permission from the Council of the New Zealand Law Society. You can find more information about this by looking at s 52 of a related law.

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Roll of barristers and solicitors

60Voluntary removal of name from roll, and restoration

  1. Any person may, at any time, with the prior consent of the Council of the New Zealand Law Society, request the Registrar to remove his or her name from the roll.

  2. Any person whose name has been removed from the roll under this section may, at any time, with the prior consent of the Council of the New Zealand Law Society, request the Registrar to restore his or her name to the roll.

  3. On being satisfied that such consent has been given, the Registrar must—

  4. remove the person's name from the roll or, as the case may require, restore it to the roll; and
    1. forthwith cause to be published in the Gazette a notice to the effect that the name has been removed from, or, as the case may be, restored to, the roll at the request of the person under this section.

      1. The expenses incurred in publishing the notice must be paid by the person whose name is removed or restored.

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