(1)  A government lawyer of another jurisdiction is not subject to –

(a) any prohibition under this Act about –

(i) engaging in legal practice in this jurisdiction; or

(ii) making representations about engaging in legal practice in this jurisdiction; or

(b) conditions imposed on a local practising certificate –

in respect of the performance of his or her official duties or functions as a government lawyer of the other jurisdiction to the extent that he or she is exempt from matters of the same kind under a law of the other jurisdiction.

(2)  Contributions and levies are not payable to the Guarantee Fund by or in respect of a government lawyer of another jurisdiction in his or her capacity as a government lawyer.

(3)  Without affecting the generality of subsection (1) , that subsection extends to prohibitions under section 79 relating to professional indemnity insurance.

(4)  Without affecting subsections (1) , (2) and (3) , nothing in this section prevents a government lawyer of another jurisdiction from being granted or holding a local practising certificate.

(5)  In this section –

another jurisdiction means –

(a) another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; or

(b) the Commonwealth;

government agency of another jurisdiction means –

(a) a government department of that jurisdiction; or

(b) a body or organisation that is established by or under the law of that jurisdiction for a public purpose or to perform governmental functions, and includes a body or organisation (or a class of bodies or organisations) prescribed by the regulations as being within this definition;

government lawyer means an Australian lawyer, or a person eligible for admission to the legal profession, employed by a government agency of another jurisdiction.