23F—Obligations and privileges of practitioners who are officers or
employees
(1) A legal
practitioner who provides legal services on behalf of a community legal
centre—
(a) is
not excused from compliance with professional obligations as a
legal practitioner, or any obligations as a legal practitioner under any law;
and
(b) does
not lose the professional privileges of a legal practitioner.
(2) The regulations
may make further provision in relation to the application of the
professional obligations and professional privileges of a legal practitioner
for the purposes of subsection (1).
(3) The law relating
to client legal privilege (or other legal professional privilege) is not
excluded or otherwise affected because a legal practitioner is providing
legal services on behalf of a community legal centre.
(4) A
legal practitioner who is providing legal services on behalf of a
community legal centre may, for any proper purpose, disclose a matter to the
officers of the centre (whether or not those officers are legal practitioners)
and such disclosure will be taken not to affect the operation of client legal
privilege (or other legal professional privilege).