(1) This section applies to the following people who apply for the grant or renewal of a local practising certificate:
(a) an Australian lawyer who is a government lawyer who, in the lawyer's application for the grant or renewal of the certificate, stated that the lawyer did not intend to engage in legal practice otherwise than as a government lawyer engaged in government work;
(b) an in-house lawyer.
(2) The relevant council must not grant or renew a local practising certificate unless the relevant council—
(a) for an application by an Australian lawyer mentioned in subsection (1) (a)—imposes a condition on the certificate that the lawyer must not engage in legal practice otherwise than as a government lawyer engaged in government work; or
(b) for an application by an in-house lawyer—imposes a condition on the certificate that the in-house lawyer for a corporation must not engage in legal practice otherwise than by providing in-house legal services to the corporation (or a related body corporate).
(3) A person must comply with a condition imposed under subsection (2) on the person's practising certificate.
(4) A failure by an Australian lawyer to comply with subsection (3) can be unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.
(5) In this section:
"in-house lawyer"—see section 33.