Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) (Amendment) Rules 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 22 Jul 2003

No. S 348

Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161)

Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) (Amendment) Rules 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the Legal Profession Act, the Minister for Law, after consultation with the Board of Legal Education, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into operation on 22nd July 2003.

Deletion and substitution of rule 9

2. Rule 9 of the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules (R 15) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Citizens and permanent residents of Singapore conferred with degrees of Bachelor of Laws from institutions in Australia and New Zealand

9.—(1) Subject to rules 10 and 11, any citizen or permanent resident of Singapore who, on or after 1st January 1994, has commenced reading a course of study as a candidate for any of the degrees of Bachelor of Laws in any of the institutions of higher learning in Australia or New Zealand specified in the First Schedule and who has been or is subsequently conferred that degree by that institution of higher learning, shall be a qualified person if he —

(a)	has been ranked by that institution of higher learning as being amongst the highest 30%, in terms of academic performance, of the total number of the graduates in the same batch who have been conferred the degree or degrees specified in the First Schedule in respect of that institution of higher learning; and
(b)	has obtained the Diploma in Singapore Law.

(2) Subject to rules 10 and 11, any citizen or permanent resident of Singapore who, on or after 28th July 2003, is conferred with any of the degrees of Bachelor of Laws by any of the institutions of higher learning in Australia specified in the Third Schedule shall be a qualified person if he —

(a)	has been ranked by that institution of higher learning as being amongst the highest 30%, in terms of academic performance, of the total number of the graduates in the same batch who have been conferred the degree or degrees specified in the Third Schedule in respect of that institution of higher learning; and
(b)	has obtained the Diploma in Singapore Law.

(3) For the purpose of paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a), all graduates in the same institution of higher learning who, in the same calendar year, commenced the final year of their course of study leading to the degree or degrees specified in the First or Third Schedule shall be regarded as belonging to the same batch.”.

Amendment of rule 12

3. Rule 12 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “First Schedule” and substituting the words “First or Third Schedule”.

New Third Schedule

4. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after the Second Schedule, the following Schedule:

“THIRD SCHEDULE

Rules 9(2) and (3) and 12

Institutions of Higher Learning and Degrees in Law Conferred

Country

Institution

Degree

Australia

1. Australian National University

LL.B, LL.B (Honours)

2. Flinders University

LL.B, LL.B (Honours)

3. University of Queensland

LL.B, LL.B (Honours)

4. University of Western Australia

LL.B, LL.B (Honours).”.

Made this 17th day of July 2003.

LIEW HENG SAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 34/006/031 Vol. 2; AG/LEG/SL/161/2002/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 131 of the Legal Profession Act).

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