New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) Subject to this Act, the Council may, from time to time, by resolution, make, alter, or revoke any regulations not inconsistent with this Act that are necessary or expedient in respect of—
(a) any course of study and the practical training and experience of candidates for admission as barristers and solicitors of the court:
(b) any matters that by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or with respect to which regulations are necessary or expedient for giving effect to the provisions of this Act, in relation to legal education.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), regulations made under that subsection may—
(a) provide for the granting of credits or exemptions in special circumstances or in order to avoid hardship to any student:
(b) provide for the licensing of persons to provide practical legal training for candidates for admission as barristers and solicitors of the High Court:
(c) prescribe the terms and conditions on which persons may be licensed to provide practical legal training of the kind referred to in paragraph (b):
(d) prescribe the standards to be observed, and the course prescriptions to be followed, in the provision of practical legal training of the kind referred to in paragraph (b):
(e) provide for the courses of training provided by persons licensed to provide practical legal training of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) to be monitored and assessed:
(f) provide for the expiry, cancellation, or withdrawal of licences issued under the regulations.
(3) All such regulations have effect according to their tenor, and must be published by the Council.
(4) A copy of any such regulation certified by the chairperson of the Council is sufficient evidence of it in all courts.
(5) For the purposes of this section, notice is to be taken judicially, without further proof, of the appointment or right to the office of the chairperson and his or her signature.
(6) Regulations made under subsection (1) must be made with the approval of the Minister.
Compare: 1982 No 123 s 39
