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Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2020

REPUBLIC OF FIJI

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2020

ACT NO. 10 OF 2020

I assent.

J. K. KONROTE
President

[29 May 2020]

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 2009

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji -

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2020.

(2) This Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

(3) In this Act, the Legal Practitioners Act 2009 is referred to as the "Principal Act".

Section 2 amended

2. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended in the definition of "Chairperson" by deleting "section 3(3)" and substituting "section 3(4)".

Section 3 amended

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by -

(a) deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following -

• "(4) The Board consists of the following -
  • (a) the Chairperson and 2 other members appointed by the Minister;
  • (b) the Chief Justice;
  • (c) the Solicitor-General; and
  • (d) the Registrar.";

(b) after subsection (4), inserting the following new subsection -

• "(4A) The Chairperson must be a person who is qualified to be appointed as a Judge."; and

(c) in subsection (5), deleting "Each of the persons who constitute the Board, save for the Chairperson," and substituting "The Chief Justice, the Solicitor-General and the Registrar".

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 28th day of May 2020.