Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 - SECT 63

63 .         Refusal, amendment, suspension or cancellation of local practising certificate — failure to show cause

        (1)         The Board may refuse to grant or renew, or may amend, suspend or cancel, a local practising certificate if the applicant or holder —

            (a)         is required by section 61 or 62 to provide a written statement relating to a matter and has failed to provide a written statement in accordance with that requirement; or

            (b)         has provided a written statement in accordance with section 61 or 62, but the Board does not consider that the applicant or holder has shown in the statement that, despite the show cause event concerned, the applicant or holder is a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate.

        (2)         For the purposes of this section only, a written statement accepted by the Board under section 62(3) is taken to have been provided in accordance with section 62.

        (3)         The Board must give the applicant or holder an information notice about the decision to refuse to grant or renew, or to amend, suspend or cancel, the certificate.