Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
another jurisdiction means —
(a)
another State or Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(b) the
Commonwealth;
government agency of another jurisdiction
means —
(a) a
body or organisation that is established under the law of that jurisdiction
for a public purpose or to exercise governmental functions; or
(b) a
body or organisation (or a class of bodies or organisations) prescribed by the
regulations as being within this definition;
interstate government lawyer means an Australian
lawyer, or a person eligible for admission to the legal profession, employed
by another jurisdiction or a government agency of another jurisdiction.
(2) An interstate
government lawyer 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 the lawyer’s official duties or functions as an
interstate government lawyer of the other jurisdiction to the extent that the
lawyer is exempt from matters of the same kind under a law of the other
jurisdiction.
(3) Contributions and
levies are not payable to the Guarantee Fund by or in respect of an interstate
government lawyer in his or her capacity as an interstate government lawyer.
(4) Without affecting
the generality of subsection (2), that subsection extends to prohibitions
under section 68 relating to professional indemnity insurance.
(5) Without affecting
subsections (2), (3) and (4), nothing in this section prevents
an interstate government lawyer from being granted or holding a local
practising certificate.