Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies to a person if the person applied for admission as a legal practitioner under the repealed Act and, immediately before the commencement day, the application was not decided.
(2) If the Supreme Court is satisfied that the person could have been admitted as a legal practitioner under the repealed Act if that Act had not been repealed—
(a) the requirements of section 21 (Eligibility for admission) are taken to have been satisfied in relation to the person; and
(b) the Supreme Court may admit the person as a lawyer under this Act.
(3) The Supreme Court may have regard to anything it considers appropriate, including but not limited to—
(a) any report of the admission board under the repealed Act, section 14 in relation to the application; or
(b) any information given to the registrar by the law society under the repealed Act, section 15 about the applicant for admission.
(4) Subsection (5) applies to anything done by the admissions board if the doing of the thing was effective immediately before the commencement day.
(5) The Legislation Act, section 94 (Continuance of appointments etc made under amended provisions) applies to the thing done as if that Act, section 94 (4), definition of amend read as follows:
amend includes omit and re-enact in the same or another law (with or without changes).
(6) This section is a law to which the Legislation Act, section 88 (Repeal does not end effect of transitional laws etc) applies.