Legal Profession (Practice Training Period) Rules 2009

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Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161)

Legal Profession (Practice Training Period) Rules 2009

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(3) and (4) of the Legal Profession Act, the Board of Legal Education hereby makes the following Rules:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Practice Training Period) Rules 2009 and shall come into operation on 9th October 2009.

Definitions

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“practice trainee” means a qualified person who serves his practice training period under a practice training contract;

“qualifying relevant legal officer” has the same meaning as in section 13(1)(b)(ii) of the Act;

“supervising solicitor” means a solicitor who is responsible for the supervision of a practice trainee while the latter is serving his practice training period under a practice training contract.

Made this 1st day of October 2009.

WALTER WOON

Chairman,
Board of Legal Education,
Singapore.

[AG/LEG/SL/161/2002/6 Vol. 1]

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

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