Clause 2

by deleting the words “legal officer” in the definition of “lay person” and substituting the words “Legal Service Officer”;

by deleting the definition of “legal officer” and substituting the following definition:“ “Legal Service Officer” means an officer in the Singapore Legal Service;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Malayan practitioner”, the following definitions:“ “practice training contract” means a formal training arrangement between a qualified person and a Singapore law practice, pursuant to which the qualified person receives, and the Singapore law practice provides, supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law;“practice training period” means the period during which a qualified person is required to receive supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law before he can be admitted as an advocate and solicitor;”;

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “qualified person”;

by deleting paragraph (c) of the definition of “qualified person” and substituting the following paragraphs:“(c)is approved by the Board as a qualified person under section 7 in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 2(e) of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2009; or

is approved by the Minister as a qualified person under section 15A(1);”; and

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Registrar”, the following definition:“ “relevant legal officer” means —

a Legal Service Officer; or

a legal officer of such statutory body or law office in the public service as the Minister may prescribe by rules published in the Gazette;”.