LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 171 Power to disregard procedural lapses

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 171

171 Power to disregard procedural lapses

(1) The Tribunal may order that a failure by the Commissioner or a Council, or a person acting for them or under their direction, to observe a procedural requirement in relation to a complaint is to be disregarded, if satisfied that the parties to the hearing have not been prejudiced by the failure.

(2) This section applies to a failure occurring before proceedings were instituted in the Tribunal in relation to the complaint as well as to a failure occurring afterwards.