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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Complaints

148: Report to Standards Committee

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"Keeping Reports to the Standards Committee Private"

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When a Standards Committee looks at a report from an investigator, they must do it in private. You cannot share information from the report with others, except in certain situations, like when a law says you can, such as in section 188(2), section 149, or section 150. If you are doing your job as part of the Standards Committee, you can share the information as part of your duties. A report given to the Standards Committee can be used as evidence in court, like in the Disciplinary Tribunal or the High Court, if it was given under section 146(1)(b).

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148Report to Standards Committee

  1. The consideration by a Standards Committee of a report from an investigator must take place in private.

  2. No person (being a member of a Standards Committee or a member of the staff of a Standards Committee) may publish to any other person any information disclosed in a report made to the Standards Committee except—

  3. pursuant to any provision of paragraphs (a) to (h) of section 188(2); or
    1. pursuant to section 149 or section 150; or
      1. in the performance of his or her duty as a member of a Standards Committee or a member of the staff of a Standards Committee.

        1. A report that is, under section 146(1)(b), furnished to a Standards Committee may be adduced in evidence in proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal or the High Court.