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97 Legal practitioners to provide information about claims
> > (1) This clause applies to a claim in respect of an asbestos-related condition (within the meaning of Part 3) settled or determined on or after 1 July 2005.
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> > (2) For the purposes of section 32I of the Act, a legal practitioner who acts for a party to a claim to which this clause applies that is settled or determined by judgment must—
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> > > (a) within 30 business days after the claim is finalised, provide to the registrar the required information concerning the claim, and
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> > > (b) within 30 business days after any appeal in respect of the claim is finalised, provide to the registrar any revision of the required information provided under paragraph (a) made necessary by changes resulting from the appeal.
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> > (3) The required information is the information required to complete Form 3 in Schedule 2. The required information and any revision of the required information must be provided using that Form.
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> > (4) A claim is finalised—
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> > > (a) when the claim is settled or determined, unless the claim is settled or determined on the basis that costs are to be agreed or assessed, or
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> > > (b) if the claim is settled or determined on the basis that costs are to be agreed or assessed—when costs have been agreed or assessed.
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> > (5) If a party’s costs are assessed after the claim is finalised and the assessment results in the information provided under subclause (2) by a legal practitioner acting for the party being incorrect, the legal practitioner must, within 30 business days after the assessment, provide to the registrar any necessary revision of the required information.