(1) The following persons or bodies must comply with Legal Services Directions that have been published and with Legal Services Directions of which the person or body has been notified:
(a) a person or body referred to in subsection 55N(1);
(b) a person or body referred to in subsection 55N(2), in relation to a matter, if the AGS is acting for the person or body in that matter;
(c) a person or body in respect of whom the Attorney - General has made a request under subsection 55N(3), in relation to a matter, if the AGS is acting for the person or the body in that matter;
(d) a person or body in respect of whom the AGS has made a determination under subsection 55N(4), in relation to a matter, if the AGS is acting for the person or body in that matter;
(f) a legal practitioner or firm of legal practitioners, in relation to a matter, if the legal practitioner or firm is acting for a person or body referred to in subsection 55N(1) in that matter.
(2) Compliance with a Legal Services Direction is not enforceable except by, or upon the application of, the Attorney - General.
(3) The issue of non - compliance with a Legal Services
Direction may not be raised in any proceeding (whether in a court, tribunal or
other body) except by, or on behalf of, the Commonwealth.