Legislative Standards Act 1992

This section applies to communications made in or for the performance of the office’s functions under section 7(a) to (i) or a function incidental to those functions.

Confidential communications between a client of the office, and the parliamentary counsel or any member of the office’s staff, are subject to legal professional privilege.Examples of office’s clients—

1 a Minister to whom the office provides advice on the application of fundamental legislative principles to proposed subordinate legislation drafted by the office

2 a member who asks the parliamentary counsel to draft a Bill, an amendment of a Bill or an instrument to be used in the Legislative Assembly

Without limiting subsection (2), the communications may not be disclosed by the parliamentary counsel or a member of the office’s staff without the client’s consent.

This section has effect despite any other law.