WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 122 Referral of misconduct to Legal Services Commissioner
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 122
Referral of misconduct to Legal Services Commissioner122 Referral of misconduct to Legal Services Commissioner
(1) If the Registrar considers that any conduct of a legal practitioner or agent involves the deliberate charging of grossly excessive amounts of costs or deliberate misrepresentations as to costs, the Registrar must refer the matter to the Legal Services Commissioner appointed under the Legal Profession Act 1987 .
(2) For the purposes of the Legal Profession Act 1987 , the deliberate charging of grossly excessive amounts of costs and deliberate misrepresentations as to costs are each declared to be professional misconduct.
(3) The Registrar may refer any failure by a legal practitioner to comply with a notice issued under clause 102, or with any other provision of this Division, to the Legal Services Commissioner.