Legal Services Directions 2025
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85 Obligation to provide assistance, documents and information
A Commonwealth entity other than a GBE must:
(a) provide all reasonable assistance in response to an inquiry from the Attorney‑General or the Attorney‑General’s Department in relation to its procurement of legal services from an external legal services provider; and
(b) without limiting paragraph (a)—comply with any request for a document or information relating to its procurement of legal services from an external legal services provider, where the request is made by the Attorney‑General or a person authorised by the Attorney‑General for the purposes of subsection 55ZH(2) of the Act.