Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a legal practitioner refuses to give an answer or information, or produce a document or thing, on the grounds that doing so would disclose advice or a communication to which section 114 (public interest grounds) does not apply.
Note: See the exceptions set out in subsections 114(2), (3) and (4).
(2) The legal practitioner must, if required by the Commissioner, give the Commissioner the name and address of the person (the client ) who is able to waive the legal professional privilege concerned.
(3) If the client agrees to disclosure of the advice or communication by the legal practitioner:
(a) the fact that the legal practitioner discloses the advice or communication does not otherwise affect a claim of legal professional privilege that anyone may make in relation to the advice or communication; and
(b) the advice or communication does not cease to be the subject of legal professional privilege merely because it is disclosed.