New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 689

689 Commissioner may require Councils to provide information

(1) The Commissioner may, for the purpose of exercising the Commissioner’s functions, do any of the following:

(a) require a Council to provide information received by the Council that gives the Council reason to believe that an Australian legal practitioner has engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct,

(b) require a Council to provide information relating to an application for a local practising certificate,

(c) require a Council to provide information relating to a notification made by an Australian lawyer or an Australian-registered foreign lawyer for the purpose of complying with this Act or the regulations,

(d) require a Council to notify the Commissioner of the Council’s intention to grant, refuse to grant, cancel or suspend a local practising certificate.

(2) A requirement by the Commissioner under this section may relate to a specific case or may be made in general terms so as to relate to all cases or to a class of cases.

(3) A Council must take into account any representations made by the Commissioner on a matter under this section.