469Lawyers etc must give information to MAI commission

469 Lawyers etc must give information to MAI commission (1) A regulation may require lawyers and other stated service providers to give information to the MAI commission in relation to applications for defined benefits and motor accident claims. (2) A regulation may prescribe— (a) the information that must be given; and (b) the form in which the information must be given; and (c) when the information must be given; and (d) any other relevant matter. (3) For subsection (2) (a), the information may include— (a) amounts paid to applicants and claimants; and (b) costs and disbursements paid by applicants and claimants; and (c) when payments were received by or made to applicants and claimants. (4) The MAI commission may— (a) give the Minister information the MAI commission receives under this section; and (b) publish statistical data based on the information the MAI commission receives under this section. (5) The Minister may require the MAI commission to publish statistical data based on the information the MAI commission receives under this section. (6) However, the MAI commission must not publish information relating to a lawyer or stated service provider if publication of the information would disclose information that relates to the practices of the lawyer or service provider (confidential information).

(7) Confidential information about the practices of a lawyer or stated service provider, including the practices of a partnership that includes a lawyer or stated service provider, is taken to be protected information for section 476 (Offences—use or divulge protected information).