LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 68
Requirement if show cause event
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 68
Requirement if show cause event
68 Requirement if show cause event
(1) If a show cause event happens in relation to a local legal practitioner,
the practitioner must give to the relevant regulatory authority both of the
following—
(a) within 7 days after the date of the event—notice, in the
approved form, that the event happened;
(b) within 28 days after the date of
the event—a written statement explaining why, despite the event, the
practitioner continues to be a fit and proper person to hold a local
practising certificate.
(2) The regulatory authority must give a copy of the
notice and the statement under subsection (1) to the commissioner.
(3)
However, if a written statement is given after the 28 days mentioned in
subsection (1) (b) , the regulatory authority may accept the statement and
take it into consideration.
