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Certificates of completion of the academic stage

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Regulation 4: Certificates of completion of the academic stage

4.1

If regulation 3.1 applies to you, you must apply to us for a certificate of completion and lodge such evidence as we may require.

4.2

We will not grant a certificate of completion on an application made later than seven years after 1 October in the year in which you satisfactorily completed a QLD, Diploma in Law or a CPE unless we are satisfied that:

(a)

special reasons exist for granting the certificate; and

(b)

you have complied with such requirements as to courses of study, written tests or otherwise as we may have imposed as a condition of granting the certificate.

4.3

Subject to regulation 4.2, if we are satisfied that you have satisfactorily completed a QLD, a Diploma in Law or a CPE, we will issue a certificate stating that you have completed the academic stage of training.

4.4

If we refuse your application for a certificate in respect of a degree or diploma, we may accept your degree or diploma as entitling you to take a CPE under regulations 6 and 8.