Section 67Part 9 — LOCAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Recognised legal educators
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The Council may designate a legal educator as a recognised legal educator for the purpose of this Part if the Council is satisfied that the legal educator has the facilities required to provide legal education or practical legal training to a standard required by this Part.
A legal educator seeking designation as a recognised legal educator shall apply to the Council in accordance with this section.
An application under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by evidence sufficient to show that the legal educator has the facilities necessary to provide legal education or practical legal training to the required standard.
If the Council designates a legal educator as a recognised legal educator, the Council shall publish, in the Gazette and such other media as the Council may determine, the name of the legal educator and the fact that the legal educator has been recognised by the Council.
The Council may, by at least one month's written notice to a legal educator, cancel the designation as a recognised legal educator if the Council is satisfied that the legal educator is failing to provide legal education or practical legal training to a standard required by this Act.
If the Council cancels the designation of a legal educator as a recognised legal educator under subsection (5), the Council shall publish, in the Gazette and such other media as the Council may determine, the name of the legal educator and the fact that the designation as a recognised legal educator has been cancelled by the Council.
A legal educator, whether or not providing or intending to provide legal education, that falsely holds itself out as a recognised legal educator commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars.
In this section —
"to provide legal education or practical legal training", in addition to providing legal education or practical legal training for attorneys-at-law or prospective attorneys-at-laws, includes providing legal education or practical legal training in relation to paralegal assistants, legal secretaries or other persons involved in the practice of law; and
"legal educator" means a person that is capable of providing legal education or practical legal training.
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