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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Standards Committees

129: Membership of Standards Committees

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"Who can be on a Standards Committee to help make good decisions"

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You are part of a Standards Committee with at least 3 people. At least one of these people must not be a lawyer, they are called a lay member. The number of people in the committee is decided by the rules that set it up. You need to follow rules that say how the committee works and how members are chosen. These rules decide how long members stay in the committee and how to fill empty spots. They also decide when a member can be removed from the committee. The rules must say how to choose people for the committee, including the lay member. They must also say what happens if someone leaves the committee or is removed. This helps the committee work properly and make good decisions.

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Standards Committees

129Membership of Standards Committees

  1. Each Standards Committee is to consist of at least 3 persons.

  2. At least 1 member of each Standards Committee must be a lay member.

  3. Subject to subsections (1) and (2), each Standards Committee is to consist of such number of persons as is specified in the rules by which that committee is established.

  4. Subject to the provisions of this section, the rules establishing a Standards Committee must prescribe—

  5. the constitution and proceedings of the committee; and
    1. the mode of appointment and tenure of office of the members of the committee (other than the lay member or lay members); and
      1. the mode of appointment and the tenure of office of the lay member or lay members of the committee; and
        1. the criteria that must be applied in appointing the members of the committee (other than the lay member or lay members); and
          1. the procedure to be followed, and the criteria to be applied, in selecting any person for appointment as a lay member of the committee; and
            1. the procedure for the filling of vacancies in the membership of the committee; and
              1. the circumstances in which a member of the committee may be removed from office.