21EDisclosure of information etc. relating to proposed applications

21E Disclosure of information etc. relating to proposed applications (1) Any person or any member of a legal aid body who advises an applicant in relation to or assists an applicant in the preparation of a proposed application for legal aid shall not without the consent of the applicant— (a) produce in a court any document received by the person body or member in relation to the proposed application for legal aid; or S. 21E(1)(b) amended by No. 18/2005 s. 18(Sch. 1 item 40.3). (b) communicate or permit to be communicated except to a private law practice or private legal practitioner acting for the applicant or give in evidence in a court any information received by the person body or member in relation to the proposed application for legal aid. (2) A court shall not have power to compel any such person or member to produce any such document or communicate or give in evidence any such information unless the applicant has consented to that production or communication or to the giving of that evidence. (3) In this section, ***proposed application for legal aid*** means an application proposed to be made— (a) to a legal aid body for legal aid; or S. 21E(3)(b) substituted by No. 48/1995 s. 11(4)(b). (b) to Victoria Legal Aid for legal assistance under the **Legal Aid Act 1978**. S. 21F inserted by No. 10074 s. 4(1).