In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) and (2) of the Legal Profession Act, the Board of Directors of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, after consulting the Minister for Law and the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, hereby makes the following Rules:
PART I
Preliminary
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011 and shall come into operation on 3rd May 2011.
Definitions
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Malayan practitioner” means any person entitled to practise before a High Court in any part of West Malaysia;
“master” means a person with whom a qualified person has served his period of pupillage before 9th October 2009;
“Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations” means Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations conducted —
(a)
before 3rd May 2011, by the Board of Legal Education; or
(b)
on or after 3rd May 2011, by —
(i)
the Institute; or
(ii)
the Institute and any other person appointed by the Board of Directors of the Institute;
“preparatory course leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations” means the preparatory course leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations conducted —
(a)
before 3rd May 2011, by the Board of Legal Education; or
(b)
on or after 3rd May 2011, by —
(i)
the Institute; or
(ii)
the Institute and any other person appointed by the Board of Directors of the Institute;
“qualifying relevant legal officer” has the same meaning as in rule 14(1)(b)(ii);
“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.