The following occupations are occupations which a practising barrister may engage in, irrespective of whether, by engaging in any of those occupations, practising as a barrister is or remains the primary occupation of the barrister:

(1) Member of Executive Council;
(2) Member of Legislative Council;
(3) Member of any District Council;
(4) Member of the Heung Yee Kuk or any rural committee;
(5) Acting as a “Village Representative” as defined under the Village Representative Election Ordinance (Cap 576);
(6) Lecturing or teaching in law, or administering any Law Faculty or Law School or any departments thereof of any university, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere;
(7) Practising as a legal practitioner (of whatever description) in another jurisdiction;
(8) Law reporting;
(9) Caring for immediate family members.

(Circular No.009/09)