LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 38FA Relevant period

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 38FA

38FA Relevant period

(1) In this Division, "relevant period" means, in relation to a matter to be determined under section 38FC:

(a) the period of 3 months commencing on the date on which notification is given to the relevant Council of the commission of the act of bankruptcy or the finding of guilt of the indictable offence or tax offence concerned by the legal practitioner who committed the act of bankruptcy or the offence, or

(b) if the relevant Council has not received notification as referred to in paragraph (a) when it sends a notice under section 38FC (2) to that legal practitioner, the period of 3 months commencing on the date specified in the notice as the date of issue of the notice,

and includes any extension under subsection (2).

(2) The Commissioner may extend the 3-month period referred to in subsection (1) to 4 months in relation to a particular matter at the request of the Council dealing with the matter or, if the Commissioner is dealing with the matter, on the Commissioner's own motion.

(3) If the Commissioner extends a period under subsection (2), the Commissioner must give notice in writing to the legal practitioner concerned of the extension of the period.