Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A government lawyer's local practising certificate is not subject to conditions of the kind referred to in section 70(3)(a) , (b) and (d) or 75(1), other than a condition relating to continuing legal education.
(2) However, a government lawyer's local practising certificate is not subject to a condition relating to continuing legal education if the lawyer holds an office prescribed by the regulations.
(3) Contributions and levies are not payable to the Fidelity Fund by or in relation to a government lawyer engaged in legal practice in the course of the lawyer's duties for the entity in relation to which the person is an employee.
(4) Without affecting subsections (1) and (2), this section does not prevent a government lawyer of another jurisdiction from being granted or holding a local practising certificate.
(5) In this section:
"another jurisdiction" means:
(a) another State or Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(b) the Commonwealth.
"government agency" means an entity, or class of entity, prescribed by the regulations.
"government lawyer" means an Australian lawyer, or a person eligible to be admitted as an Australian lawyer, employed by a government agency.