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8Explanatory Notes
ABN: 98 696 304 966 ACN: 000 000 699
Form 001a (03-15)
Disclosure of offences and bankruptcy incidents
jurisdiction since their last application for a practising certificate.
Practitioners do not have to disclose minor offences such as
Please refer to Part 2.4 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 to
parking fines or minor traffic infringements.
determine if you are required to provide a notification of an
offence or show cause event with this application. If you have
Expiry of your 2014/2015 practising certificate
not previously made a disclosure, suitable forms are available
Expiry of your 2014/2015 practising certificate occurs on
at or contact the Professional
30 June 2015. You cannot practise as a solicitor in NSW after
Standards Department on (02) 9926 0390 for assistance.
30 June 2015 if you have not applied for the renewal of your
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
practising certificate (unless you hold a current interstate
practising certificate in your home jurisdiction).
MCLE is a mandatory condition attached to all NSW
practising certificates. MCLE information can be found at www.
Membership of the Law Society
.au/mcle.
Membership of the Law Society is optional. If you do not wish
Completing the 3 Compulsory Fields each year
to take out membership of the Law Society, please cross out
Practitioners must include at least one unit every year in each
the Membership Fee shown on the front of this form. You will
of the following compulsory fields:
still need to pay the Practising Certificate Fee and Fidelity Fund
Contribution in order to renew your practising certificate.
1) Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2) Practice Management and Business skills
Payment of the Membership Fee will be regarded by the
3) Professional Skills.
Society as an application to be a Solicitor Member of the Law
Society. Your Membership will be administered in accordance
Satisfying Clause 176 Legal Profession Regulation 2005
with the Articles of Association of the Society. Please note that
Additionally, Clause 176 of the Legal Profession Regulation
information you have previously provided to the Law Society will
2005 requires that every three years at least one of the units
be utilised to effect and administer your membership of the Law
must cover:
Society.
equal employment opportunity;
Help
discrimination and harassment;
Professional indemnity insurance
occupational health and safety law; and
employment law.
LawCover
1800 650 748
Bankruptcy Declaration/Disclosures
The Clause 176 unit may be claimed towards the compulsory
fields of Ethics & Professional Responsibility or Practice
Professional Standards Department
Ph 9926 0390
Management and Business Skills in the year it is completed.
MCLE
An MCLE audit is conducted each year and practitioners may
MCLE Officer
Ph 9926 0243
be required to submit details of their MCLE activities.
Refer also to
All other practising certificate enquiries
LawCover payments
The Law Society Registry
Ph 9926 0156
Practising certificates for unrestricted principals in private
practice can only be issued after LawCover has confirmed
Return this form
payment. Payments must be made by 15 May 2015.
Please return the form before 15 May 2015.
Professional indemnity insurance payments should be sent
You may submit this form by post, fax or email. If your form is
directly to LawCover, Level 13, 383 Kent Street, Sydney 2000
submitted by fax or email, an original is not required.
or DX 13013 SYDNEY MARKET STREET.
Phone: (02) 9926 0156
Declaration (on page 2)
Email: registry@.au
Fax: (02) 9926 0257
As part of the regulatory role of the Law Society in the
developing national legal services market and in order to
maintain the integrity and standing of practitioners in New
South Wales, the Society requires practitioners to declare if
they are subject to disciplinary (professional) proceedings
or convicted of or charged with an indictable offence in any
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