Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(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.