New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe Board may dismiss a complaint at any time (including during the investigation of the complaint) for any of the following reasons:
(a) if further particulars of the complaint are not given, or the complaint or the further particulars are not verified, as required by the Board,
(b) if the Board is of the opinion that the complaint is trivial, vexatious, frivolous, misconceived or lacking in substance or has not been made in good faith,
(c) if the complaint has been dealt with previously by the Board (or by an accreditation body under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 as in force before the commencement of this section) or another complaint has already been lodged in respect of the same matter,
(d) if the Board considers that there is or was a satisfactory alternative means available to the complainant of resolving the matter the subject of the complaint and the complainant does not have a reasonable cause for not pursuing the alternative means,
(e) if the Board is of the opinion that the complaint deals with matters that do not constitute professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct,
(f) if the Board is of the opinion that the matter could be appropriately dealt with by conciliation (regardless of whether the parties agree to undertake conciliation) and the Board does not consider that the complaint needs to be investigated,
(g) if the complaint relates to a matter that occurred more than 3 years before the making of the complaint.