Western Australian Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 127

127 .         Local regulations in relation to government lawyers

        (1)         The local regulations may —

            (a)         make provision for or in relation to exemptions of persons or classes of persons from the requirement to hold Australian practising certificates, either generally or for specified periods, in respect of their official functions as government lawyers; and

            (b)         without limitation, exclude or modify the operation of specified provisions of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) (including the provisions of Part 2.2 of the Law) to the extent that any of those provisions would otherwise be applicable to any persons, or classes of persons, as government lawyers; and

            (c)         make provision for or in relation to exemptions of persons or classes of persons who are government lawyers from the requirement to pay fees in relation to the issuing of Australian practising certificates.

        Note for this subsection:

                See the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) section 56.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the local regulations may —

            (a)         confer a discretion on a person in relation to a matter listed in subsection (1); and

            (b)         impose conditions, or authorise or permit a person to impose conditions, in relation to a matter listed in subsection (1).