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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Complaints

137: Action on receipt of complaint

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"What happens when a complaint is made"

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When you make a complaint, a Standards Committee gets it. They can look into your complaint, give a direction under section 143, or decide to take no action based on section 138. They can choose what to do with your complaint. You will be told what the Standards Committee plans to do with your complaint as soon as possible.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Complaints

137Action on receipt of complaint

  1. A Standards Committee, on receiving a complaint, may—

  2. inquire into the complaint; or
    1. give a direction under section 143; or
      1. decide, in accordance with section 138, to take no action on the complaint.

        1. A Standards Committee that receives a complaint must, as soon as practicable, advise the complainant and the person to whom the complaint relates of the procedure that the Standards Committee proposes to adopt under subsection (1).

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