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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 - SECT 589

589 .         Duty to report suspected offences

        (1)         This section applies if the Board or the Complaints Committee suspects on reasonable grounds, after investigation or otherwise, that a person has committed an offence against any Act or law.

        (2)         The Board or Complaints Committee must —

            (a)         report the suspected offence to the appropriate prosecuting authority; and

            (b)         make available to the authority the information and documents relevant to the suspected offence in its possession or under its control.

        (3)         The obligation under subsection (2)(b) to make available the information and documents continues while the Board or Complaints Committee holds the relevant suspicion.

        (4)         This section does not apply to —

            (a)         offences against this Act or the Legal Practice Act 2003 ; or

            (b)         offences specified, or of a class or description specified, by the regulations for the purposes of this section.



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