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Legal Profession Admission Board
Legislation and Rules
Legislation and Rules
The main legislation which applies to the operations of the Legal Profession Admission Board are:
Legal Profession Uniform Law
- Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (current)
- Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (current)
- Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (current)
- Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (current)
NSW Admission Board Rules
- NSW Admission Board Rules 2015 (PDF, 307.6 KB) (revised as at 11 February 2025)
- NSW Admission Board Amendment (Fees) Rule 2024 (PDF, 176.8 KB)
Public Notaries
- Public Notaries Act 1997 (Current)
- Public Notaries Appointment Rules
- Public Notaries Appointment Amendment (Second Fee) Rule 2024 (PDF, 549.5 KB) (PDF, 549.5 KB)
Legislation and Rules as made
The following Regulations and Rules amended the operation of the legislation applying to the Board. It has either been incorporated into the current version of the Regulation or Rules or has been repealed. Caution should be used when considering it as it might not represent the current law in effect.
Legal Profession Uniform Law (as made)
- Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2016
- Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (as at 26 June 2015)
- NSW Admission Board Rules 2015 (PDF, 574.7 KB) (PDF, 574.7 KB) (Not current. Version as at 17 July 2015)
- NSW Admission Board Rules 2015 (PDF, 391.1 KB) (PDF, 391.1 KB) (Not current. Version as at 8 August 2024)
- NSW Admission Board Amendment (Fees) Rule 2016
- NSW Admission Board First Amendment Rule 2024
- NSW Admission Board Second Amendment Rule 2024
- NSW Admission Board Third Amendment Rule 2024
- NSW Admission Board Fourth Amendment Rule 2024
- NSW Admission Board Fifth Amendment Rule 2024 (PDF, 117.1 KB) (PDF, 117.1 KB)
- NSW Admission Board Sixth Amendment Rule 2024 (PDF, 157.5 KB) (PDF, 157.5 KB)
- NSW Admission Board Seventh Amendment Rule 2024 (PDF, 109.2 KB) (PDF, 109.2 KB)
- NSW Admission Board (withdraw without penalty) Amendment Rule 2024 (PDF, 110.7 KB) (PDF, 110.7 KB)
- NSW Admission Board Eight Amendment Rule 2024 (PDF, 112.3 KB) (PDF, 112.3 KB)
- NSW Admission Board Ninth Amendment Rule 2024 (PDF, 143.8 KB) (PDF, 143.8 KB)
- NSW Admission Board Ninth Amendment Rule 2024 - Errata (PDF, 537.3 KB) (PDF, 537.3 KB)
Public Notaries (as made)
- Public Notaries Appointment Amendment (Fees) Rule 2016
- Public Notaries Appointment Amendment (Fees) Rule 2024 (PDF, 120.9 KB) (PDF, 120.9 KB)
- Public Notaries Appointment Amendment (Miscellaneous) Rule 2024 (PDF, 593.6 KB)
- Public Notaries Appointment Amendment (Second Fee) Rule 2024 (PDF, 549.5 KB)
Last updated:
27 Mar 2025
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