Consolidated practice directions

New Zealand or South Australia:
applicants obtain a certificate 
from the relevant Law Society. 
The certificate must have been issued not more than one month before 
the day of filing of the Notice. Alternatively, the applicant may annex 
a copy of the certificate to the Notice so long as the applicant certifies 
that the annexed copy is a complete and accurate copy of the original 
certificate.
Please note: an original or copy of your Admission Certificate 
will not be accepted as confirmation that your name remains on the Roll for a 
State, Territory or New Zealand. 
5. 
The Notice is in the form of a statutory declaration. Under the 
Oaths, 
Affirmations and Statutory Declaration Act 2005
, a statutory declaration 
may be taken outside Western Australia (but within Australia) by any 
person who, under the law of that place, has authority to take or 
receive a statutory, solemn or other declaration
 
or by any person 
before whom, under the 
Statutory Declarations Act 1959
of the 
Commonwealth, a statutory declaration may be made. 
A statutory declaration may be taken outside of Australia by a 
prescribed consular official who is performing official functions at that 
place, a person who is a justice or notary public under the law of that 
place or a person who has authority under the law of that place to 
administer an oath to another person or to take, receive or witness a 
statutory, solemn or other declaration. 
6. 
The Notice may be filed over the counter at the Court's Central Office 
or faxed or posted to the Court. Practice Direction 1.2.3 
–
Presentation 
for filing by post
, O 67A of the Rules and Practice Direction 1.2.2 
–
Filing 
by fax
, set out the Court's requirements in relation to fax and postal 
filing. 
7. 
A fee is payable on the Notice under the 
Supreme Court (Fees) 
Regulations 2002. 
The Notice will not be processed unless the fee has 
been paid. The Practice Directions referred to in par 6 provide how the 
fee is to be paid if the application is faxed or posted to the Court.
8. 
Paragraph 12 of the Notice requires the applicant to elect whether the 
application is to be dealt with on the papers without an appearance or 
whether the applicant wishes to appear before the Court at an 

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10. Practitioners 
PD 10.1.3 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
admission ceremony in relation to the application. The Court will 
advise the applicant in writing of the date of the admission ceremony 
where the applicant wishes to appear before the Court or where the 
Court considers that for some reason the application should not be 
dealt with on the papers. Where the applicant is to appear before the 
Court at an admission ceremony, the applicant will need to make 
arrangements for his or her admission to be moved by counsel. 
9. 
An applicant who wishes to appear before the Court at an admission 
ceremony is required to waive s 21(1) and (4) of the 
Mutual Recognition 
Act 1992 (Commonwealth)
or s 20(1) and (4) of the 
Trans-Tasman Mutual 
Recognition Act 1997 (Commonwealth) Act
. That is because of the 
difficulties the Court has in listing applications for hearing within 
28 days of the date of the filing of the Notice. An applicant who does 
not wish to waive these provisions should elect to have the application 
dealt with on the papers.
10. 
An applicant who appears before the Court and is admitted will take 
the oath and sign the roll at that time. An applicant who is approved 
on the papers must take the oath and sign the roll within 21 days.
Once approved, the Court will notify the applicant in writing as to 
what steps must be taken to sign the roll.
In both cases the Court will advise the Legal Practice Board of Western 
Australia that the practitioner has been admitted once the roll has been 
signed. The Legal Practice Board should be contacted regarding 
practice certificates. 

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10. Practitioners 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
10.1.3.1.
Notice of Application for Admission