New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OSTEOPATHS ACT 2001 - SECT 47

47 Making submissions to inquiry

(1) The osteopath is entitled to attend the meeting during the course of the Board’s inquiry and to make submissions to the Board.

(2) The Committee may, if the Board so requires, make a submission to the Board with respect to the complaint and may for that purpose attend the meeting during the course of the Board’s inquiry.

(3) The Board is to afford the Commission the opportunity to make a submission to the Board with respect to the complaint and the Commission may for that purpose attend the meeting during the course of the Board’s inquiry.

(4) The Committee or the Commission may not be present at the meeting except while actually making a submission in accordance with this section, unless the Board otherwise determines.

(5) Despite subsection (4), the Commission is to be present throughout the Board’s inquiry where the complaint is the subject of a recommendation of the Commission under section 35 (2) that it be dealt with by inquiry at a meeting of the Board under this Division.

(6) The osteopath is not entitled to be legally represented at the inquiry but may be accompanied by a support person. The support person can be an Australian lawyer.

(7) The Commission is not entitled to be legally represented at the inquiry.