(1) An AGS lawyer acting in that capacity is entitled:
(a) to do everything necessary or convenient for that purpose; and
(b) to practise as a barrister, solicitor, or barrister and solicitor in any court and in any State or Territory; and
(c) to all the rights and privileges of so practising;
whether or not he or she is so entitled apart from this subsection.
(2) An AGS lawyer acting in that capacity in a State or Territory is not subject to a law of a State or Territory that relates to legal practitioners except to the extent that such laws:
(a) impose rights, duties, or obligations on legal practitioners in relation to their clients or to the courts; or
(b) provide for disciplinary proceedings in relation to the misconduct of legal practitioners.
(3) Subsection ( 2) is subject to subsection ( 5) and to section 55R (AGS may act for more than one party).
(4) In considering the nature of the rights, duties and obligations of an AGS lawyer in relation to a client, regard must be had to his or her position as an AGS lawyer .
(5) Neither the AGS, nor an AGS lawyer acting in that capacity,
is subject to a law of a State or Territory that is prescribed for the
purposes of this section.