LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 59E Councils to provide information to Commissioner

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 59E

59E Councils to provide information to Commissioner

(1) A Council must, within 7 days after receiving a notification from a legal practitioner that the legal practitioner has committed an act of bankruptcy, or been found guilty of an indictable offence or a tax offence, provide a copy of the notification to the Commissioner.

(2) A Council must, within 7 days after receiving a statement from a legal practitioner under section 38FB, provide a copy of the statement to the Commissioner.

(3) 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 a legal practitioner or an interstate legal practitioner has engaged in professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct within the meaning of Part 10,

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

(c) require a Council to provide information relating to a notification made by a legal practitioner or interstate legal practitioner for the purposes of complying with this Act or the regulations,

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

(4) 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.

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