381Solicitor's records and documents

1. If a District Law Society to which section 372 applies has in its possession, on the commencement of that section, any records, documents, or postal articles that have come into its possession through the exercise of its powers under section 83 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982, or if a District Law Society, to which section 372 applies, takes possession, after the commencement of that section, of any records, documents, or postal articles in the exercise of its powers under section 83 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982, that District Law Society, before it is dissolved under section 372(b), must, subject to subsections (5) and (6) of section 83 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 and to any order of the High Court, transfer all of those records, documents, and postal articles to the New Zealand Law Society.

2. Any records, documents, or postal articles transferred to the New Zealand Law Society under subsection (1) are to be held by that Society on the same basis as they were held by the District Law Society, and sections 83 and 84 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 are to continue to apply with all necessary modifications to any such records, documents, or postal articles.