LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 483 Request for information relevant to a complaint or investigation matter

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 483

483 Request for information relevant to a complaint or investigation matter

(1) The commissioner may ask a person or body in Australia or elsewhere that may have information relevant to a complaint or investigation matter for information.

(2) Before asking for the information, the commissioner must decide the way in which the request is to be phrased having regard to the respondent’s right to privacy in relation to the matter the subject of the complaint or investigation matter.

(3) For the purpose of asking for information, the commissioner may give information to a foreign registration authority if the commissioner considers it necessary to do so to establish the matters relevant to the investigation of the complaint or investigation matter.