Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 581K

581K Documents taken during investigation

(1) On the completion or termination of an investigation, a special investigator must give the commissioner any documents the investigator has taken possession of under this chapter.

(2) The commissioner may—

(a) keep the documents for the period the commissioner reasonably considers necessary to enable a decision to be made about whether or not a legal proceeding ought to be started in relation to the investigation; and

(b) keep the documents for any further period the commissioner considers necessary to enable a legal proceeding to be started or continued.

(3) The commissioner may, during the period the documents are kept by the commissioner—

(a) allow a person to inspect the documents; and

(b) allow the use of the documents for a legal proceeding started because of the investigation.

(4) The commissioner must allow a person who would be entitled to inspect a document if it were not being kept by the commissioner to inspect the document at all reasonable times.