Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An officer, when practising as, or performing any of the functions of, a legal practitioner, in pursuance of this Act:
(a) shall observe the same rules and standards of professional conduct and ethics as those that a private legal practitioner is, by law or the custom of the legal profession, required to observe in the practice of his or her profession; and
(b) is subject to the same professional duties as those to which a private legal practitioner is subject, by law or the custom of the legal profession, in the practice of his or her profession.
(2) The like privileges as those that arise from the relationship of client and solicitor acting in his or her professional capacity and in the course of his or her professional employment shall arise between a person who has applied for legal assistance, or to whom legal assistance is being provided, under this Act and an officer who practices as, or performs any of the functions of, a legal practitioner for the person in pursuance of this Act.