LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 642
Protection of members etc.
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 642
Protection of members etc.
642 Protection of members etc.
(1) A committee member has, in the performance of the member’s duties as a
member of the committee hearing and deciding a discipline application, the
same protection and immunity as a Supreme Court judge carrying out the
functions of a judge.
(2) A person representing a person before the committee
has the same protection and immunity as an Australian legal practitioner
appearing for a party in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.
(3) A person
appearing before the committee as a witness has the same protection as a
witness in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.
(4) A document produced at, or
used for, a hearing of the committee has the same protection it would have if
produced before the Supreme Court.
