Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An application for
the renewal of a local practising certificate must be made within —
(a) the
period prescribed by the legal profession rules as the standard renewal
period; or
(b) the
later period prescribed by the legal profession rules as the late fee period.
(2) Those periods must
be within the currency of the local practising certificate being sought to be
renewed.
(3) The Board may
reject an application for renewal made during the late fee period, and must
reject an application for renewal made outside those periods unless the Board
accepts the application under subsection (4).
(4) The Board may
accept an application made within 6 months after the late fee period
(even after the expiry of the local practising certificate being sought to be
renewed) if satisfied the delay was caused by reasons beyond the control of
the applicant or other special circumstances warranting acceptance of the
application.
(5) For an application
accepted under subsection (4) after the expiry of the local practising
certificate on 30 June in the year concerned, the
certificate —
(a) is
taken to have continued in force on and from the 1 July immediately
following its expiry until the Board renews or refuses to renew the
certificate or the holder withdraws the application for renewal, unless the
certificate is sooner suspended or cancelled; and
(b) if
renewed, is taken to have been renewed on and from that 1 July.
(6)
Subsection (7) applies if an application for renewal of a local
practising certificate is made during or after the late fee period prescribed
by the legal profession rules.
(7) Payment of a late
fee prescribed by or determined under the legal profession rules may, if the
Board thinks fit, be required as a condition of acceptance of the application.