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Select Committee into the Finance Broking Industry in Western Australia

Select Committee into the Finance Broking Industry in Western Australia· 14 November 2000general_report

This WA parliamentary committee report details the Select Committee's investigation into the finance broking industry and the refusal of the Registrar of the Finance Brokers Supervisory Board (FBSB) to provide legal opinions requested by the Committee. The Registrar cited legal professional privilege and a direction from the Minister for Fair Trading as reasons for non-compliance with a summons to produce documents. The Committee subsequently reported this non-compliance to the Legislative Counc

Impact

The Legislative Council is impacted, as the Committee refers the matter to them. The Finance Broking Industry investigation is hampered by the lack of access to information. The Minister and Attorney General are drawn into the dispute.

financepublic_sectorfinance broking industrylegal professional privilegeparliamentary privilegeselect committeesummonsnon-complianceFinance Brokers Supervisory Boardlegal opinionsministerial direction

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