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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.