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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 639 Constitution of committee for hearing

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 639

Constitution of committee for hearing

639 Constitution of committee for hearing

(1) The chairperson must make arrangements about constituting the committee for hearing and deciding discipline applications.
(2) For hearing and deciding a discipline application made to the committee, the committee is constituted by—
(a) the chairperson; and
(b) a member of the committee who is a local legal practitioner chosen by the chairperson; and
(c) a lay member of the committee chosen by the chairperson.
(3) In choosing a local legal practitioner as mentioned in subsection (2) , the chairperson must choose a person who is—
(a) if the discipline application is about the conduct of a person who, at the time of performing the acts or omitting to do the acts constituting the conduct complained of, was a barrister or, in the opinion of the chairperson, was engaged in legal practice in the manner of a barrister—a barrister; or
(b) otherwise—a solicitor.
(4) The chairperson is to preside at the hearing of a matter referred to the committee.
(5) In this section—


"chairperson" includes the deputy chairperson.