Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)RegulationsRegulations under Section 198(1)(a)AnnexuresAnnexure A : Ballot Paper - Attorneys (Regulation 2) |
ANNEXURE A
(Regulation 2)
BALLOT PAPER - ATTORNEYS
Every attorney who is on the Roll of Practicing Attorneys may vote for a maximum of ten candidates from the candidates listed below.
Please note, however, that in order to comply with section 7(2)(a) of the Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014) and subject to the availability of the candidates, the four black women, three black men, one white woman and two white men with the highest number of votes in their respective categories will constitute the ten attorneys who will serve as members of the Legal Practice Council.
A short profile of each candidate is available on the Council’s website.
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C
When voting, please take into account the provisions of section 7(2) of the Legal Practice Act:
“When constituting the Council, the following factors must, as far as is practicable, be taken into account:
| (a) | the racial and gender composition of South Africa; |
| (b) | the objects of the Council; |
| (c) | representation of persons with disabilities; |
| (d) | provincial representation; and |
| (e) | experience and knowledge of— |
| (i) | the provision of legal services; |
| (ii) | the principles of promoting access to justice; |
| (iii) | legal education and training; |
| (iv) | consumer affairs; |
| (v) | civil and criminal proceedings and the functioning of the courts and tribunals in general; |
| (vi) | the maintenance of professional standards of persons who provide legal services; |
| (vii) | the handling of complaints; and |
| (viii) | competition law." |
NOTE:
The term “Black” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003), read with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 46 of 2013) as a generic term which means Africans, Coloureds and Indians who are citizens of the Republic of South Africa by birth or descent, or who became citizens of the Republic of South Africa by naturalisation before 27 April 1994 or on or after 27 April 1994 and who would have been entitled to acquire citizenship by naturalisation prior to that date and such other persons as may be categorised as black persons for purposes of that legislation.
[Annexure A substituted by section 3 of Amendment of Regulations, Notice No. R.3779 of GG49104, dated 11 August 2023 - effective on the date of publication in the Government Gazette]