Eligible users
The use of the Law Library is governed by r.48 of the Legal Profession Rules 2009:
48. People entitled to use the library
- (1) The following people may use the library free of charge —
- (a) judges and magistrates;
- (b) members and officers of State or Commonwealth courts,tribunals, boards or similar bodies;
- (c) local legal practitioners;
- (d) articled clerks and other persons undertaking approved practical legal training requirements (within the meaning given in section 21 of the Act);
- (e) members of Parliament;
- (f) members of a department of the staff of Parliament referred to in the Parliamentary and Electorate Staff (Employment) Act 1992;
- (g) members of the Police Force;
- (h) holders of an office, post or position established under an Act;
- (i) public service officers and employees within the meaning given in the Public Sector Management Act 1994;
- (j) employees of persons referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (i) acting in the course of their employment.
- (2) Law students may use the library free of charge subject to any restrictions determined by the committee.
- (3) The following people may use the library subject to any restrictions, including as to payment of a fee, determined by the committee —
- (a) interstate legal practitioners;
- (b) Australian-registered foreign lawyers;
- (c) employees of persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) acting in the course of their employment;
- (d) litigants in person, and officers and employees of corporate litigants;
- (e) any other person, or class of people, determined by the committee.
Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information
For more information about the rules of the Law Library, please see the Legal Profession Rules 2009. These rules are available from the State Law Publisher website, or in print in the library.