Singapore legislation
Regulation 30
Regulation 30
Service of practice training period
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 13(c) of the Act, a qualified person or eligible person must serve, subject to paragraph (2), his or her practice training period and receive supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law during that period —
under one or more practice training contracts;
through working —
as a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer; or
under the supervision of a relevant legal officer who is an advocate and solicitor of not less than 5 years’ standing and who, for a total of not less than 5 out of the 7 years immediately preceding the date of starting the supervised training, has been a relevant legal officer or has been in active practice in a Singapore law practice or both (called in these Rules a qualifying relevant legal officer);
through working under the supervision of 2 or more qualifying relevant legal officers;
partly through working as a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer and partly through working under the supervision of one or more qualifying relevant legal officers;
partly under one or more practice training contracts and partly through working as a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer or under the supervision of one or more qualifying relevant legal officers; or
partly under one or more practice training contracts, partly through working as a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer and partly through working under the supervision of one or more qualifying relevant legal officers.
Subregulation 2
A qualified person or eligible person must not serve more than 3 months of his or her practice training period under a practice training contract with a qualifying entity.
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (4), a qualified person or eligible person must not, without the written permission of the Dean, hold any office or engage in any employment, whether full‑time or part‑time, during his or her practice training period.
Subregulation 4
Paragraph (3) does not —
apply to service as a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer or to working under the supervision of a qualifying relevant legal officer;
apply to service as an Assistant Public Prosecutor in the Attorney‑General’s Chambers; or
preclude a qualified person or eligible person from receiving remuneration from a Singapore law practice or qualifying entity while serving his or her practice training period under a practice training contract with that Singapore law practice or qualifying entity.
Subregulation 5
Any period in which a qualified person or eligible person attends the Part B Course while concurrently receiving any supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law through working —
as a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer; or
under the supervision of a qualifying relevant legal officer,does not count as part of his or her practice training period.
Subregulation 6
The practice training period must be served in accordance with any guidelines issued by the Institute under rule 49.