LEGAL CONTRIBUTION TRUST ACT 1967 - SECT 31

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL CONTRIBUTION TRUST ACT 1967 - SECT 31

31 .         Trust may instigate investigations

        (1)         Where the Trust has reasonable grounds for believing that a practitioner holds, or has held, moneys or securities belonging to, or for or on behalf of, another person and has failed to account to that person in respect of them or any of them, the Trust may require the Board to make such investigation and take such action as the Board may think appropriate; and the costs and expenses of any investigation made or action taken by the Board may be paid out of the Guarantee Fund.

        (2)         An action shall not lie against the Trust or any member or servant of the Trust by reason only of any action taken, in good faith, under the provisions of subsection (1).