PRACTITIONERS ADMITTED PURSUANT TO THE
MUTUAL RECOGNITION (WA) ACT 2001 (MRA)
POLICY REGARDING THE IMPOSITION OF A
2 YEAR RESTRICTED PRACTICE CONDITION
The Board has resolved, as a matter of general policy, that a 2 year restricted practice period will be imposed upon the practice certificates for those admitted pursuant to the MRA who:
- do not hold a practice certificate in the jurisdiction upon which the MRA application is based;
- have not previously practised; and
- have not completed a term of articles (ie have completed a practical legal training course).
This policy is effective from 12 September 2005.
The decision to adopt, as a matter of general policy, the imposition of a 2 year restricted practice condition upon practice certificates issued to practitioners who fall within the criteria outlined above, is in accordance with the Uniform Admission Rules (UAR’s).
The UAR’s, which were adopted in principle by the Board in 2002, provide, amongst other things, for a period of 2 years’ restricted practice where a practitioner has undertaken a course of practical legal training and 18 months’ restricted practice where, prior to admission, a practitioner served full-time articles for a period of 12 months.
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