Obligations and privileges of practitioners who are officers or employees
23F Obligations and privileges of practitioners who are officers or employees
A legal practitioner who provides legal services on behalf of a community legal centre—
is not excused from compliance with professional obligations as a legal practitioner, or any obligations as a legal practitioner under any law;
and
does not lose the professional privileges of a legal practitioner.
The regulations may make further provision in relation to the application of the professional obligations and professional privileges of a legal practitioner for the purposes of subsection (1).
The law relating to client legal privilege (or other legal professional privilege) is not excluded or otherwise affected because a legal practitioner is providing legal services on behalf of a community legal centre.
A legal practitioner who is providing legal services on behalf of a community legal centre may, for any proper purpose, disclose a matter to the officers of the centre (whether or not those officers are legal practitioners) and such disclosure will be taken not to affect the operation of client legal privilege (or other legal professional privilege).
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