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Legal Aid Act 1977
84EProfessional privilege
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84E Professional privilege
(1) Section 13 shall not be taken to preclude an officer of the commission
from complying with a requirement made of the officer under
section 84D (3).
(2) If, in the course of an inquiry, the prescribed person or an assistant
acquires information concerning the affairs of a person who has
applied for legal assistance or to whom legal assistance is being or
has been provided, the privileges that arise under section 13 (2)
between that person and a statutory officer of the commission who
practices as, or exercises any of the functions of, a solicitor for the
person shall arise between that person and the prescribed person, or
assistant, as the case requires.