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REPUBLIC OF NAURU
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (PRACTICING CERTIFICATES) RULES 2019
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SL No. 28 of 2019
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Notified: 30th August 2019
Table of Contents
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80(e) of the Legal Practitioners Act 2019, the Chief Justice makes the following Rules:
1 Citation
These Rules may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Practicing Certificates) Rules 2019.
2 Commencement
These Rules come into effect on 2 September 2019.
3 Application for practicing certificate
(1) An application for a practicing certificate shall be made in Form 1 of Schedule 1.
(2) A person applying for a practicing certificate shall provide the following:
- (a) a certified true copy of the original of his or her certificate of admission in the Republic;
- (b) where the person is applying for a renewal, a certificate of good standing not more than 1 month old from the appropriate authority in the country where he or she is practicing; and
- (c) payment of the prescribed fee.
4 Form of practicing certificate
For the purpose of section 15 of the Act, a practicing certificate shall be in Form 2 of Schedule 1.
5 Fees
The fees set out in Schedule 2 are payable in respect of the matters set out in that schedule.
6 Repeal
The Legal Practitioners (Practicing Certificates) Rules 1973 and the Legal Practitioners (Practicing Certificates) (Fees) Rules 2005 are hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE 1
FORM 1
Application for Practicing Certificate
| Name of applicant: | [insert full name] |
| Contact details: | [insert address, current phone number and current email address] |
| Employment status: | [insert whether: law practice[1]; government department or agency; instrumentality of the Republic; consultant] |
| Basis of admission: | [insert whether barrister and solicitor or pleader] |
| Have you been the subject of any proceedings, whether concluded or pending, for professional misconduct? | [if yes, provide details] |
| New practicing certificate or renewal: | |
| Evidence of payment of annual membership fees to Law Society: | |
| Declaration | I, [insert name] of [insert address], [insert occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare that the information and particulars provided in this application are complete and accurate in
every detail. And I make this solemn declaration by virtue of the Oaths, Affirmations and Statutory Declarations Act 1976 conscientiously believing in the statement contained therein to be true in every particular. Signature:................................................ Date:........................................................ Declared at [insert place of declaration] [insert date]. Before me: ................................................................... [Signature[2]] |
FORM 2
REPUBLIC OF NAURU
[insert section of Act]
PRACTICING CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that [insert name] of [insert address] is duly enrolled as a [insert[3]] of the Supreme Court of Nauru and, subject to any provisions of the Legal Practitioners Act 2019 and the terms and conditions[4] of practice, [he/she[5]] is entitled to practice as a [insert[6]].
Given under my hand and sealed this [insert date].
.......... ..........................
Registrar of the Court
SCHEDULE 2
Fees for Practicing Certificate
| No. | Document | Rule | Fee ($) |
| 1. | Barrister and Solicitor | 4 | 200.00 |
| 2. | Pleader | 4 | 100.00 |
| 3. | Barrister and Solicitor (foreign practitioner) | 4 | 300.00 |
| 4. | Barrister and Solicitor (temporary admission) - For each cause or matter | 4 | 300.00 100.00 |
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