Western Australian Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 124

124 .         Functions of State Solicitor

        (1)         The State Solicitor may act as solicitor for —

            (a)         the State; or

            (b)         a person suing, or being sued, on behalf of the State; or

            (c)         a Minister in their official capacity; or

            (d)         a statutory body; or

            (e)         an officer or employee in a department of the Public Service, a State agency or instrumentality, or a statutory body; or

            (f)         another person or body, or class of persons or bodies, approved by the Attorney General.

        (2)         The State Solicitor may act under subsection (1) —

            (a)         with or without charge; and

            (b)         for a party in a matter that is not the subject of litigation, even if also acting under that subsection for another party in the matter.

        (3)         The State Solicitor may act as agent for —

            (a)         another State or a Territory; or

            (b)         at the request of another State or a Territory — an instrumentality of, or a person in the service of, that State or Territory.