Extract from Hansard  Legislative Council 9 November 2000
Ian Gilfillan Australian Democrats Member of the Legislative Council		Parliament Index 2000 Spring Sitting Index Browse by Subject   Search all Democrats material About the SA Parliament Hansard on line

The Hon. IAN GILFILLAN: The Democrats support the second reading. The bill deals with two issues: first, it will allow an unqualified person, as defined by the act, to reproduce and complete pro-forma documents, such as loan agreements and mortgages. In this case the person will be able to alter only the standard variables in the document, these being names, addresses, amount of loan, amount and interval of repayments and interest rate. The second matter revolves around confidentiality of information derived from examining a legal practitioner's accounts and records. The bill seeks to amend the act to allow the Law Society to disclose this information to the regulatory authority in another state.

Currently, this can be done only if the regulatory authority requires the information in connection with a disciplinary action, that is, contemplated or has been taken, against a legal practitioner. The increased ability to share information proposed by the bill will mean that, where the society believes that the regulatory authority in another jurisdiction should be alerted to concerns that arise as a result of the inspection of a legal practitioner's record, they may forward that information without needing a formal request. With that very brief summary, I indicate that the Democrats support the second reading of the bill.

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