Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT - SECT 86

Consideration and investigation of applicants or holders

86. Consideration and investigation of applicants or holders

(1) To help it consider whether or not to grant, renew, amend, suspend or cancel a local practising certificate, the Law Society may, by notice to the applicant or holder, require the applicant or holder:

(a) to give it specified documents or information; or

(b) to cooperate with any inquiries by the Society that it considers appropriate.

(2) A contravention of a notice under subsection (1) by the date specified in the notice and in the way required by the notice is a ground for making an adverse decision in relation to the action being considered by the Society.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a contravention of a requirement for a medical examination may be accepted by the Society as evidence of the unfitness of the person to engage in legal practice.



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