LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 155A Dismissal of complaints if in public interest

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 155A

155A Dismissal of complaints if in public interest

(1) The Commissioner or the Council may dismiss a complaint, whether before, during or after the investigation of the complaint, if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

(2) The circumstances in which a complaint may be so dismissed include (but are not limited to) a complaint about a legal practitioner who has retired from practice or is prevented from practising or a complaint about conduct that is the subject of another complaint under this Part.

(3) If proceedings with respect to a dismissed complaint have been instituted in the Tribunal by the Commissioner or Council, the Tribunal may, on the application of the Commissioner or Council, dismiss the proceedings.