LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 86
Relevant authority may ask for police report
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 86
Relevant authority may ask for police report
86 Relevant authority may ask for police report
(1) A relevant authority may ask the commissioner of police for a written
report about whether a subject person has any convictions for offences.
(2)
However, a regulatory authority must not ask for a report about a local legal
practitioner or a locally registered foreign lawyer unless the authority
considers it appropriate.
(3) Subsection (2) applies to the regulatory
authority in relation to a local legal practitioner whether or not the
practitioner is applying for the renewal of the local practising certificate
or applying for another practising certificate.
(4) The commissioner of
police must give the report to the authority.
(5) The report must contain
only information in the possession of the commissioner of police or to which
the commissioner has access.