Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103R

103R Permitted use of transcript of recorded statement by employment-screening applicant or applicant’s lawyer

(1) This section applies if an employment-screening applicant is given a written summary of a transcript of a recorded statement because an employment-screening decision has been, or is proposed to be, made about the person.

(2) The employment-screening applicant may—

(a) possess the summary; or

(b) supply, or offer to supply, the summary to an Australian lawyer to obtain legal advice in relation to the employment-screening decision; or

(c) copy, or permit another person to copy, the summary for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (b) .

(3) The lawyer may possess or copy the summary for the purpose of providing legal advice to the employment-screening applicant in relation to the employment-screening decision.