Be it enacted by the Governor-in-Chief of the New Zealand Islands, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that all such persons as shall have been admitted as barristers, solicitors, attorneys, or proctors in any Court in Australia or Van Diemen’s Land, and all such persons as shall have served any portion of the term of clerkship required by law to qualify them to practice as solicitors or attorneys in Great Britain or Ireland, or in any part of Australia or Van Diemen’s Land or New Zealand, and shall have completed such term according to the rules of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in that behalf, may be enrolled to practice in the said Court upon making and signing such declaration of such previous admission or of such completed service, and on affording such proof thereof as the case shall require or as may be required by any rules hereafter to be made relative thereto; and such enrolment shall have the same force and effect to all intents and purposes within the jurisdiction of the said Supreme Court, as the enrolment of persons who had been admitted to practice as barristers in Great Britain or Ireland, or admitted as solicitors or attorneys in any of the Courts at Westminster, Dublin, or Edinburgh.

That this Ordinance shall come into operation from and after the day of the passing hereof.