Compliance with Legal Services Directions
55ZG Compliance with Legal Services Directions
The following persons or bodies must comply with Legal Services Directions that have been published and with Legal Services Directions of which the person or body has been notified:
a person or body referred to in subsection 55N(1);
a person or body referred to in subsection 55N(2), in relation to a matter, if the AGS is acting for the person or body in that matter;
a person or body in respect of whom the Attorney‑General has made a request under subsection 55N(3), in relation to a matter, if the AGS is acting for the person or the body in that matter;
a person or body in respect of whom the AGS has made a determination under subsection 55N(4), in relation to a matter, if the AGS is acting for the person or body in that matter;
the AGS;
a legal practitioner or firm of legal practitioners, in relation to a matter, if the legal practitioner or firm is acting for a person or body referred to in subsection 55N(1) in that matter.
Compliance with a Legal Services Direction is not enforceable except by, or upon the application of, the Attorney‑General.
The issue of non‑compliance with a Legal Services Direction may not be raised in any proceeding (whether in a court, tribunal or other body) except by, or on behalf of, the Commonwealth.
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