Legal Aid and its employees’ right of practice
76 Legal Aid and its employees’ right of practice
This section—
applies for the performance by Legal Aid of its functions; and
does not affect a right to practise as a barrister or solicitor, or perform a barrister’s or solicitor’s functions, or a right of audience in a court, that a Legal Aid lawyer has apart from this section.
A Legal Aid lawyer—
may practise as a solicitor and perform a solicitor’s functions in the State; and
has a right of audience in a court of the State.
A Legal Aid lawyer may perform the functions of a lawyer under this Act only if he or she is an Australian legal practitioner.
A Legal Aid lawyer practising as a solicitor or performing a solicitor’s functions has the rights and privileges of a private lawyer who is a solicitor.
A Legal Aid lawyer appearing for a legally assisted person in a court under this section has the same protection and immunity as if the lawyer were a private lawyer who is a barrister.
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