Provisions relating to requirements under this Part
622 Provisions relating to requirements under this Part
(1) This section applies to a requirement imposed on a person under this Part.
(2) The validity of the requirement is not affected, and the person is not excused from compliance with the requirement, on the ground that a law practice or Australian legal practitioner has a lien over a particular document or class of documents.
The investigator imposing the requirement may:
inspect any document provided pursuant to the requirement; and
make copies of the document or any part of the document; and
(c) retain the document for a period the investigator thinks necessary for the investigation in relation to which it was produced.
(4) The person is not subject to any liability, claim or demand merely because of compliance with the requirement.
The Law Society:
may on its own initiative; or
must, if directed by the Statutory Supervisor;
suspend a local practitioner's practising certificate while the practitioner's contravention of the requirement continues.
If a document:
is not in writing; or
is not written in the English language; or
is not decipherable on sight;
a requirement under this Part to provide access to the document is not complied with unless access provided to a statement, written in the English language and decipherable on sight, that contains all the information in the document.
(7) The Society may retain any copy of a document or part of a document made by an investigator under this Part and provided to the Society under this Part.
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