LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 83 Government lawyers of other jurisdictions
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 83
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 the ACT; or
(ii) making representations about engaging in legal practice in the ACT; or
(b) conditions imposed on a local practising certificate; or
(c) requirements of legal profession rules; or
(d) professional discipline;
in relation to the exercise of the lawyer's official functions as a government lawyer of the other jurisdiction to the extent that the government lawyer is exempt from the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) to (d) as a government lawyer of the other jurisdiction.
(2) Contributions and levies are not payable to the fidelity fund by or in relation to a government lawyer of another jurisdiction in the lawyer's capacity as a government lawyer.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), that subsection extends to a prohibition relating to professional indemnity insurance for interstate legal practitioners.
(4) Without affecting subsections (1), (2) and (3), this section does not prevent a government lawyer of another jurisdiction from being granted or holding a local practising certificate.
(5) In this section:
"jurisdiction" means a State or Territory or the Commonwealth.