Part 7Complaints and discipline
Complaints
150Discretion in relation to contents of report
A Standards Committee that receives a report from an investigator may, in its discretion, communicate the contents of it, or any part of the contents, to—
- any person who is a partner in a firm of practitioners to which the practitioner or former practitioner to whom the report relates belongs or belonged:
- any person—
- who is or was, in relation to the practitioner or former practitioner to whom the report relates, a related person; or
- who is or was a director of an entity that is or was, in relation to the practitioner or former practitioner to whom the report relates, a related entity:
- who is or was, in relation to the practitioner or former practitioner to whom the report relates, a related person; or
- the Law Society inspectorate or the Conveyancers Society inspectorate, as the case may require:
- the auditor of the trust account of the practitioner or former practitioner to whom, or of an incorporated firm or former incorporated firm to which, the report relates:
- the Council of the New Zealand Law Society or the Council of the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers, as the case may require:
- a qualified statutory accountant (within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Financial Reporting Act 2013):
- any Police employee or member of the Serious Fraud Office acting in the performance of his or her duty:
- the Registrar-General of Land for the purpose of enabling the Registrar-General of Land to discharge his or her duties under the Land Transfer Act 2017 or any other enactment:
- any client of the practitioner or former practitioner to whom, or of the incorporated firm or former incorporated firm to which, the report relates.
Compare
- 1982 No 123 s 85(6)–(9)
Notes
- Section 150(f): replaced, on , by section 17 of the Financial Reporting Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 64).
- Section 150(g): amended, on , by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
- Section 150(h): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).


