sec.9AApplication of legal professional privilege to office

### sec.9A Application of legal professional privilege to office This section applies to communications made in or for the performance of the office’s functions under section 7 (a) to (i) or a function incidental to those functions. Confidential communications between a client of the office, and the parliamentary counsel or any member of the office’s staff, are subject to legal professional privilege. a Minister to whom the office provides advice on the application of fundamental legislative principles to proposed subordinate legislation drafted by the office a member who asks the parliamentary counsel to draft a Bill, an amendment of a Bill or an instrument to be used in the Legislative Assembly Without limiting subsection (2) , the communications may not be disclosed by the parliamentary counsel or a member of the office’s staff without the client’s consent. This section has effect despite any other law. s 9A ins 1995 No. 38 s 35 sch 1 amd 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4 (sec.9A-ssec.1) This section applies to communications made in or for the performance of the office’s functions under section 7 (a) to (i) or a function incidental to those functions. (sec.9A-ssec.2) Confidential communications between a client of the office, and the parliamentary counsel or any member of the office’s staff, are subject to legal professional privilege. a Minister to whom the office provides advice on the application of fundamental legislative principles to proposed subordinate legislation drafted by the office a member who asks the parliamentary counsel to draft a Bill, an amendment of a Bill or an instrument to be used in the Legislative Assembly (sec.9A-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) , the communications may not be disclosed by the parliamentary counsel or a member of the office’s staff without the client’s consent. (sec.9A-ssec.4) This section has effect despite any other law. - 1 a Minister to whom the office provides advice on the application of fundamental legislative principles to proposed subordinate legislation drafted by the office - 2 a member who asks the parliamentary counsel to draft a Bill, an amendment of a Bill or an instrument to be used in the Legislative Assembly