LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 38F Application of provisions of Division

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 38F

38F Application of provisions of Division

(1) The Attorney General, while admitted as a legal practitioner, is entitled to an unconditional practising certificate. The Attorney General may elect to hold a practising certificate as a barrister or as a solicitor and barrister.

(2) Section 33 (1) (b) and (c) and section 34 (1) do not apply to:

(a) a legal practitioner who is the holder of a statutory position under the Crown (whether in right of New South Wales or in another right), or

(b) a legal practitioner who acts as parliamentary counsel under a contract of service, or contract for services, with the Crown (whether in right of New South Wales or in another right), or

(c) a legal practitioner who is, or is a member of a class or description of legal practitioners, specified by the Bar Council or the Law Society Council for the purposes of this subsection, or

(d) a legal practitioner who is, or is a member of a class or description of legal practitioners, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

(3) Subsection (2) applies only while the person is a legal practitioner to whom at least one of the paragraphs of that subsection applies.