Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) An officer, when practising as, or performing any of the functions of, a legal practitioner, in pursuance of this Act –
(a) shall observe the same rules and standards of professional conduct and ethics as those that a private legal practitioner is, by law or the custom of the legal profession, required to observe in the practice of the legal profession; and
(b) is subject to the same professional duties as those to which a private legal practitioner is, by law or the custom of the legal profession, subject.
(2) The same privileges as those that arise from the relationship of client and legal practitioner acting in a professional capacity and in the course of professional employment shall arise –
(a) between a person who has applied for legal aid, or to whom legal aid is being provided, and an officer who practices as, or performs any of the functions of, a legal practitioner for the person under this Act; and
(b) between a private legal practitioner and the Commission in relation to services provided by the private legal practitioner for a person under this Act.