Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this section and in sections 55F and 55G:
"Attorney-General's lawyer" means a person:
(a) whose name is on:
(i) the roll of barristers and solicitors of the High Court kept under the Rules of Court; or
(ii) the roll of barristers, solicitors, barristers and solicitors or legal practitioners of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory; and
(b) who is either:
(i) the Secretary of the Attorney - General's Department; or
(ii) a person in the Attorney - General's Department who is engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 .
(2) An Attorney - General's lawyer acting in that capacity is entitled:
(a) to do everything necessary or convenient for that purpose; and
(b) to practise as a barrister, solicitor, or barrister and solicitor in any court and in any State or Territory; and
(c) to all the rights and privileges of so practising;
whether or not he or she is so entitled apart from this subsection.
(3) An Attorney - General's lawyer acting in that capacity in a State or Territory is not subject to a law of a State or Territory that relates to legal practitioners except to the extent that such laws:
(a) impose rights, duties or obligations on legal practitioners in relation to their clients or to the courts; or
(b) provide for disciplinary proceedings in relation to the misconduct of legal practitioners.
(4) Subsection (3) is subject to subsection (6) and to section 55F (Attorney - General's lawyer may act for more than one party).
(5) In considering the nature of the rights, duties and obligations of an Attorney - General's lawyer in relation to a client, regard must be had to the lawyer's position as a person in the Attorney - General's Department engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 .
(6) An Attorney - General's lawyer acting in that capacity is not subject to a law of a State or Territory that is prescribed for the purposes of this section.