Clause 2

in the definition of “active practice”, after “locum solicitor”, insert “or provisional practice”;

after the definition of “Disciplinary Tribunal”, insert —“ “eligible person” means —

a lawyer (NP); or

a person who is approved by the Minister as an eligible person under section 14(1);”;

after the definition of “law practice entity”, insert —“ “lawyer (NP)” or “lawyer (non‑practitioner)” means a person admitted as a lawyer (NP) under section 11A;”;

in the definition of “lay person”, after “advocate and solicitor,”, insert “a lawyer (NP),”;

in the definition of “practice trainee”, after “qualified person”, insert “or eligible person”;

replace the definition of “practice training contract” with —“ “practice training contract” means a formal training arrangement between —

a qualified person or eligible person and a Singapore law practice; or

a qualified person or eligible person and a qualifying entity,pursuant to which the qualified person or eligible person receives, and the Singapore law practice or qualifying entity provides, supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law;”;

in the definition of “practice training period”, after “qualified person”, insert “or eligible person”;

after the definition of “practising certificate”, insert —“ “provisional practice” means the doing of any act in the capacity of an advocate and solicitor under the supervision of a solicitor while having in force a provisional practising certificate, and “practise provisionally” has a corresponding meaning;“provisional practising certificate” means a certificate issued by the Registrar under section 18;”;

in the definition of “qualified person”, in paragraph (a), after “section 14(2) or (3)”, insert “as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 9(e) of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2023 or under section 11C(2) or (3)”;

in the definition of “qualified person”, in paragraph (c), replace “or under section 14(1)” with “, under section 14(1) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 9(d) of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2023 or under section 11C(1)”;

after the definition of “qualified person”, insert —“ “qualifying entity” means any sole proprietorship, incorporated or unincorporated partnership or body corporate that is not a Singapore law practice, and that either satisfies the criteria prescribed for a qualifying entity by rules made under section 10, or is approved as a qualifying entity under those rules;”;

in the definition of “register of practitioners”, after “the annual register”, insert “by that name”;

after the definition of “register of practitioners”, insert —“ “register of provisional practitioners” means the annual register by that name kept by the Registrar under section 24;”;

replace the definition of “regulated legal practitioner” with —“ “regulated legal practitioner” means an advocate and solicitor, a regulated foreign lawyer or (except as otherwise expressly provided) a lawyer (NP) who has in force a provisional practising certificate;”;

in the definition of “regulated non‑practitioner”, replace “a regulated legal practitioner” with “an advocate and solicitor who has in force a practising certificate, a lawyer (NP) who has in force a provisional practising certificate, or a regulated foreign lawyer”; and

replace the definition of “roll” with —“ “roll of advocates and solicitors” means the roll of advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court maintained under section 16;“roll of lawyers (NP)” means the roll of lawyers (NP) of the Supreme Court maintained under section 11D;”.