LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 44
Crown Solicitor
44 Crown Solicitor
(1) The Crown Solicitor may, in his or her official capacity, act as solicitor
for--
(a) the State of New South Wales, or
(b) a person suing or being sued
on behalf of the State of New South Wales, or
(c) a Minister of the Crown in
his or her official capacity as such a Minister, or
(d) a body established by
an Act or other law of New South Wales, or
(e) an officer or employee of the
Public Service or any other service of the State of New South Wales or of a
body established by an Act or other law of New South Wales, or
(f) a person
holding office under an Act or other law of New South Wales or because of the
person's appointment to that office by the Governor or a Minister of the
Crown, or
(g) any other person or body, or any other class of persons or
bodies, approved by the Attorney General.
(2) The Crown Solicitor may act
under subsection (1)--
(a) with or without charge, or
(b) for a party in a
matter that is not the subject of litigation, even if also acting under that
subsection for another party in the matter.
(3) The Crown Solicitor may, in
his or her official capacity, act as agent for--
(a) another State or a
Territory, or
(b) at the request of another State or a Territory--an
instrumentality of, or a person in the service of, that State or Territory.
(4) If, under subsection (1)(g), the Crown Solicitor is given approval to act
as solicitor for a Minister of the Crown (otherwise than in his or her
official capacity as such a Minister), the following must be included in the
annual reporting information prepared under the Government Sector Finance Act
2018 of the Crown Solicitor's activities--
(a) the name of the Minister,
(b)
the matter in which the Crown Solicitor acted (but without disclosure of any
confidential client information),
(c) the costs incurred by the Crown
Solicitor in acting for the Minister and the amount charged to the Minister
for so acting.
(5) In this section, a reference to a State or a Territory
includes a reference to the Crown in right of the State or Territory and to
the Government of the State or Territory.
