Queensland Numbered Acts

COURT AND CIVIL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 154

154 Amendment of s 82 (Secrecy)

(1) Section 82(1)—
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(d) a law student who is allowed by Legal Aid to participate in providing legal assistance under this Act; or

(e) a person who is not a Legal Aid employee and who is approved by Legal Aid to assist in performing Legal Aid’s functions; or

(f) a person appointed under a review mechanism established under section 21 to review decisions made by Legal Aid about legal assistance; or

(g) a person approved by Legal Aid to access information and documents held by Legal Aid for the purpose of conducting research.

(2) Section 82(5), after ‘prevent a person’—
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mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c)

(3) Section 82(5)—
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(f) if the document or information is about the affairs of a legally assisted person—

(i) an entity to which the legally assisted person has, in writing, directed the document or information to be given; or

(ii) an entity to which the legally assisted person has, in writing, consented to the document or information being given.

(4) Section 82—
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(5A) Also, subsection (2) does not prevent a person mentioned in subsection (1)(d) to (g) from giving a document or information to a person or entity mentioned in subsection (5)(a) to (f) at the direction, or with the authority, of a Legal Aid employee.

(5) Section 82(6), after ‘subsection (5)’—
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or (6)

(6) Section 82(7), ‘subsection (6)’—
omit, insert—
subsection (7)

(7) Section 82(8), from ‘subsection (5)’ to ‘subsection (6)’—
omit, insert—
subsection (5) or (6) must comply with any condition imposed under subsection (7)

(8) Section 82(5A) to (9)—
renumber as section 82(6) to (10).