Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00401:clause:1_55zf
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00401
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 55ZF
Character Range: 17499–18755

55ZF  Attorney‑General may issue directions
 (1) The Attorney‑General may issue directions (Legal Services Directions):
 (a) that are to apply generally to Commonwealth legal work; or
 (b) that are to apply to Commonwealth legal work being performed, or to be performed, in relation to a particular matter.
 (2) The Attorney‑General may publish or give notice of Legal Services Directions in any manner the Attorney‑General considers appropriate.
 (3) In this section:
Commonwealth legal work means:
 (a) any work performed by or on behalf of the AGS in the performance of its functions; or
 (b) any legal work performed by a person for any of the following:
 (i) the Commonwealth;
 (ii) a body established by an Act or regulations or by a law of a Territory (other than the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or Norfolk Island);
 (iii) a company in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest (including a company in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest through one or more interposed Commonwealth authorities or Commonwealth companies);
 (iv) other persons or bodies referred to in subsection 55N(1), to the extent that the work relates to the person's or body's performance of a Commonwealth or Territory function.