Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Practising Certificates
27. Register of practitioners
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Upon the issue of every practising certificate, the Registrar must cause to be entered in an annual register kept for that purpose (called in this Act the register of practitioners) the particulars referred to in section 25(1)(a)(i) to (iv) as contained in the declaration delivered under section 25(1)(a) and any condition imposed on the practising certificate.
practising certificate
“practising certificate” means a certificate issued by the Registrar under section 25;
Any person may inspect the register of practitioners during office hours without payment.
register of practitioners
“register of practitioners” means the annual register kept by the Registrar under section 27;
If there is any change with respect to any solicitor in the particulars referred to in subsection (1) or with respect to the status of his or her practising certificate, including as to whether it has ceased to be in force under section 26(9), that solicitor must within one week thereafter notify the Registrar and the Council, and the Registrar must thereupon cause the entry in respect of that solicitor in the register of practitioners to be amended.
solicitor
“advocate and solicitor”, “advocate” and “solicitor” mean an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;