AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) ORDINANCE 1930-1963

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 12 of 1965

	Section 15 of the Seat of Government (Administration) Ordinance 1930-1963 of the Australian Capital Territory provides that person who is entitled to practise as a barrister or solicitor in the High Court of Australia shall have the right to practise as a barrister or solicitor, or both, in the Australian Capital Territory.

	The purpose of this proposed Ordinance is to repeal section 15 and replace it with a new section which extends the right to practise it with a new section which extends the right to practise as a barrister or solicitor, or both, in the Australian Capital Territory to persons who are admitted to practise as a barrister or solicitor, or both, in the Supreme Court of a State, the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory or the Supreme Court of another Territory in addition to persons who are admitted to practise as a barrister or solicitor in the High Court of Australia.