Hong Kong Regulations

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RULES - SECT 3

Application

(1) These Rules shall apply to all trainee solicitors and-

   (a)  from 1 January 1998, to all solicitors holding a current
        practising certificate who were admitted after 31 December 1993;

   (b)  from 1 January 1999, to all solicitors holding a current
        practising certificate who were admitted after 31 December 1991;

   (c)  from 1 January 2000, to all solicitors holding a current
        practising certificate who were admitted after 31 December 1988;

   (d)  from 1 January 2001, to all solicitors holding a current
        practising certificate who were admitted after 31 December 1984;

   (e)  from 1 January 2002, to all solicitors holding a current
        practising certificate who were admitted after 31 December 1979;

   (f)  from 1 January 2003, to all solicitors holding a current
        practising certificate.

(2) Where a solicitor to whom these Rules apply has been admitted to practise
law in any other jurisdiction prior to his admission in Hong Kong, his
admission date for the purposes of the application of these Rules under
subsection (1) shall be the date of his admission to practise law in the
jurisdiction immediately preceding his admission as a solicitor in Hong Kong.