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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Restrictions on provision of legal services and conveyancing services - Practising certificates

42: Right to appeal

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"What to do if your practising certificate is declined: appealing the decision"

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You can appeal to the Disciplinary Tribunal if the New Zealand Law Society or the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers declines to issue you a practising certificate. You must appeal within a certain time and in a certain form, as set out by the Disciplinary Tribunal under section 227(g). The Disciplinary Tribunal will then hear your appeal and can confirm, reverse, or modify the decision that was made about your practising certificate.

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Part 2Restrictions on provision of legal services and conveyancing services
Practising certificates

42Right to appeal

  1. A person may appeal to the Disciplinary Tribunal against any decision of the New Zealand Law Society or the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers to decline to issue, or to refuse to issue, a practising certificate to the person.

  2. Every appeal under subsection (1)—

  3. must be by way of rehearing; and
    1. must be made within such time and in such form as may be prescribed by the Disciplinary Tribunal under section 227(g).

      1. On hearing an appeal under subsection (1), the Disciplinary Tribunal may confirm, reverse, or modify the decision appealed against.