472Waiver of privilege or duty of confidentiality

472 Waiver of privilege or duty of confidentiality (1) If a client of an Australian legal practitioner makes a complaint about the practitioner, or an employee of the practitioner, the complainant is taken to have waived client legal privilege, or the benefit of any duty of confidentiality, to enable the practitioner to disclose to the appropriate authorities any information necessary for investigating and dealing with the complaint. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), any information disclosed under that subsection may be used in or in relation to any procedures or proceedings relating to the complaint. (3) This section has effect despite the Legislation Act, section 171 (Client legal privilege). Preliminary—ch 5 Part 5.1