Part 6Conduct of practice by practitioners
Barristers and King’s Counsel
119Regulations relating to King’s Counsel
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations (not inconsistent with this Act) prescribing—
- the process by which candidates may be recommended to the Governor-General for appointment, by letters patent, under the Royal prerogative as King’s Counsel:
- the fees to be paid by candidates for appointment as King’s Counsel:
- the privileges and duties of King’s Counsel:
- the conditions on or subject to which candidates may be appointed as King’s Counsel:
- the conditions on or subject to which King’s Counsel may practise their profession:
- the precedence that King’s Counsel are to have in the courts of New Zealand:
- such other matters as may be necessary in relation to King’s Counsel.
Regulations made under subsection (1) may authorise the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General to issue guidelines (not inconsistent with this Act or any regulations of that kind) in relation to both—
- the qualifications and experience that should be possessed by candidates for appointment as King’s Counsel; and
- the process by which such candidates may be recommended for appointment.
Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).