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Evidence Act 2001
126DLoss of professional confidential relationship privilege: misconduct
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### 126D Loss of professional confidential relationship privilege: misconduct
> [*\[Section 126D of Part 10 of Chapter 3 Inserted by No. 46 of 2010, s. 35, Applied:01 Jan 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-01-01/act-2010-046#GS35@EN)
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> > (1) This Division does not prevent the adducing of evidence of a communication made or the contents of a document prepared in the furtherance of the commission of a fraud or an offence or the commission of an act that renders a person liable to a civil penalty.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this section, if the commission of the fraud, offence or act is a fact in issue and there are reasonable grounds for finding that –
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> > > > (a) the fraud, offence or act was committed; and
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> > > > (b) a communication was made or document prepared in furtherance of the commission of the fraud, offence or act –
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> > the court may find that the communication was so made or document so prepared.