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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 91

Government lawyers of other jurisdictions

(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.



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