Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

JUDICIARY ACT 1903 - SECT 55ZF

  (1)   The Attorney - General may issue directions ( Legal Services Directions ):

  (a)   that are to apply generally to Commonwealth legal work; or

  (b)   that are to apply to Commonwealth legal work being performed, or to be performed, in relation to a particular matter.

  (2)   The Attorney - General may publish or give notice of Legal Services Directions in any manner the Attorney - General considers appropriate.

  (3)   In this section:

"Commonwealth legal work" means:

  (a)   any work performed by or on behalf of the AGS in providing services in accordance with section   55N; or

  (b)   any legal work performed by a person for any of the following:

  (i)   the Commonwealth;

  (ii)   a body established by an Act or regulations or by a law of a Territory (other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory);

  (iii)   a company in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest (including a company in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest through one or more interposed Commonwealth authorities or Commonwealth companies);

  (iv)   other persons or bodies referred to in subsection   55N(1), to the extent that the work relates to the person's or body's performance of a Commonwealth or Territory function.