Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The amendments in
this section are to the Supreme Court Act 1935 .
(2) Section 4(1)
is amended as follows:
(a) by
inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position —
“
“lawyer” means an Australian lawyer
within the meaning of that term in the Legal Profession Act 2008
section 3;
”;
(b) by
deleting the definition of “legal practitioner” and inserting
instead —
“
“legal practitioner” means an Australian
legal practitioner within the meaning of that term in the Legal Profession
Act 2008 section 3;
”.
(3) Section 4(2)
is amended as follows:
(a) in
paragraph (a) by deleting “in the State”;
(b) by
deleting paragraph (b);
(c) in
paragraph (d) by deleting “2 or more” and inserting
instead —
“ both ”.
(4) Section 8(1)
is repealed and the following subsection is inserted instead —
“
(1) A person is eligible for appointment as a judge of the
Court if that person is a lawyer and has had not less than 8 years’
legal experience.
”.
(5)
Section 11A(2) is amended by deleting “legal practitioner” in
both places where it occurs and inserting instead —
“ lawyer ”.
(6)
Section 11A(2a)(a) is amended by deleting “in the State”.
(7)
Section 11B(1)(c) is amended by deleting “the practice of a
barrister or solicitor” and inserting instead —
“ legal practice ”.
(8)
Section 154(1) is amended by deleting “legal practitioner”
and inserting instead —
“ lawyer ”.
(9)
Section 167(1)(d) is amended by deleting “legal costs determination
(as defined in the Legal Practice Act 2003 ).” and inserting
instead —
“
costs determination (as defined in the Legal Profession
Act 2008 section 252).
”.
(10)
Section 167(1)(da) is amended by deleting “legal costs
determination (as defined in the Legal Practice Act 2003 ).” and
inserting instead —
“
costs determination (as defined in the Legal Profession
Act 2008 section 252).
”.