Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 544

544 Provisions relating to requirements under this part

(1) This section applies to a requirement imposed on a person under this part.

(2) The investigator imposing the requirement may—

(a) inspect any document provided pursuant to the requirement; and

(b) make copies of the document or any part of the document; and

(c) retain the document for a period the investigator thinks necessary for the purposes of the investigation in relation to which it was produced.

(3) The person is not subject to any liability, claim or demand only because of compliance with the requirement.

(4) A failure of an Australian lawyer to comply with the requirement is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.

(5) The law society or bar association, as is appropriate, may suspend a local legal practitioner’s practising certificate while a failure by the legal practitioner to comply with the requirement continues.