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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 519A Provisions relating to requirements under this part

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 519A

Provisions relating to requirements under this part

    (1)     This section applies to a requirement imposed on a person under this part to give an external intervener access to documents or information.

    (2)     The validity of the requirement is not affected, and the person is not excused from compliance with the requirement, on the ground that a law practice or Australian legal practitioner has a lien over a particular document.

    (3)     The external intervener imposing the requirement may—

        (a)     inspect a document given to the intervener in compliance with the requirement; and

        (b)     make a copy of the document or part of the document; and

        (c)     keep the document for the period the intervener thinks necessary for the purposes of the external intervention for which it was produced.

    (4)     The person is not subject to any liability, claim or demand only because the person complies with the requirement.

    (5)     A failure of an Australian lawyer to comply with the requirement can be unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.

    (6)     The relevant council may, on its own initiative, suspend a local practitioner's practising certificate while a failure by the practitioner to comply with the requirement continues.