Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00082:clause:15_38pc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00082
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 15 cl 38PC
Character Range: 185559–186160

38PC  Relationship of special advocate and relevant person
 (1) The relationship between a special advocate of a party to a civil proceeding and the party is not that of legal representative and client.
 (2) However, legal professional privilege applies to a communication between the party, or the party's legal representative, and the special advocate in the same way as it applies to a communication between the party and the party's legal representative.
 (3) The special advocate is not a party to the proceeding.
 (4) For the purposes of this Act, the special advocate is not a court official.