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CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 72

Nondisclosure of documents etc—client legal privilege

    (1)     A party is not obliged to disclose a document or information under this chapter if the document or information is protected by client legal privilege.

    (2)     However, an investigative report, medical report or report relevant to the claimant's rehabilitation must be disclosed even though otherwise protected by client legal privilege.

    (3)     A regulation may prescribe exceptions to subsection (2).

    (4)     If a report mentioned in subsection (2) is required to be disclosed, it may be disclosed with the omission of passages containing only statements of opinion.

    (5)     In this section:

"investigative reports" does not include a document prepared in relation to an application for, an opinion on or a decision about indemnity against the claim from the Territory.



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