LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 434 Commissioner may delay dealing with complaint

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 434

434 Commissioner may delay dealing with complaint

(1) The commissioner may delay dealing with a complaint for 1 or more of the following reasons—

(a) the complainant has asked for a delay and the commissioner considers the request reasonable;

(b) for a complaint about an Australian legal practitioner—the practitioner is under investigation in this jurisdiction or another jurisdiction and, under this Act or a corresponding law of that other jurisdiction, the practitioner’s name may be removed from the local roll or interstate roll;

(c) the matter that is the subject of the complaint is being or about to be dealt with in another way;

(d) if the complaint relates to a requirement under a claim farming provision—the person who is the subject of the complaint is also the subject of an investigation or proceeding under a claim farming scheme under another Act;

(e) the commissioner considers that it is in the public interest to delay dealing with the complaint.

(2) Subsection (1) applies despite sections 18 and 450 .

(3) In this section—


"claim farming scheme" means—

(a) the following provisions of the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 —

(i) part 4 , division 2A ;

(ii) section 37AA , 37AB , 39A or 41A ;

(iii) part 5AA ;

(b) the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , chapter 6B .