New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 82

82 Exemptions

(1) For the purposes of section 215(8) of the Uniform Law, the following are exempt from the requirement to hold or be covered by an approved insurance policy--

(a) a corporate legal practitioner or government legal practitioner,

(b) a holder of a statutory office of the Commonwealth or of a jurisdiction,

(c) a person holding an office or position, or acting as, parliamentary counsel, legislative counsel or legislative drafter (however described) under a contract of service, or contract for services, with the Crown,

(d) a community legal service (or class of community legal services) determined by the designated local regulatory authority, on any grounds that the regulatory authority considers sufficient, as warranting exemption.

(2) Subrule (1) does not affect the requirements for--

(a) an Australian legal practitioner (including a corporate legal practitioner or government legal practitioner)--

(i) to hold an Australian practising certificate authorising the holder to engage in legal practice as a principal of a law practice, and

(ii) to hold or be covered by an approved insurance policy,

in connection with engaging in legal practice on the practitioner's own account, or

(b) an Australian legal practitioner--

(i) to hold an Australian practising certificate, and

(ii) to hold or be covered by an approved insurance policy,

in connection with engaging in legal practice as a volunteer at a community legal service or otherwise on a pro bono basis.