New Zealand Legislation: Acts

23 Membership of District Law Societies

• (1) Subject to section 24 of this Act, every person who is the holder of a current practising certificate as a barrister or solicitor or both shall, whether or not he applies for membership, be a member of the District Law Society of the district in which for the time being he has his place of business, or, if he practises in more than one district, of the district in which for the time being he has his principal place of business.

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, if a practitioner changes his place of business or, as the case may be, his principal place of business from one district to another, he shall forthwith give notice of that fact to the District Law Society of each of those districts.

  (3) Every member of a District Law Society who ceases to be the holder of a current practising certificate shall thereupon cease to be a member of that society, unless he retains his membership in accordance with subsection (4) of this section.

  (4) Any person who, not being the holder of a current practising certificate, is for the time being enrolled as a barrister and solicitor may, in accordance with the rules of any District Law Society, be retained or admitted as a member of that society.

  (5) If a member of a District Law Society is suspended from practice as both a barrister and a solicitor, he shall thereupon cease to be a member of that society during the period of his suspension.

  (6) If a member of a District Law Society has his name struck off or removed from the roll, he shall forthwith cease to be a member of that society.

  Compare: 1955 No 101 ss 105, 106; 1967 No 128 s 7(1)