New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 509

509 Submissions by practitioner

(1) The Australian legal practitioner about whom a complaint is made may, within a period specified by the Commissioner, or by the Council by which a complaint is made or to which a complaint is referred for investigation, make submissions to the Commissioner or Council about the complaint or its subject-matter or both.

(2) The Commissioner or Council may at their discretion extend the period in which submissions may be made.

(3) The Commissioner or Council must consider the submissions made within the permitted period before deciding what action is to be taken in relation to the complaint.