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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Powers of Legal Complaints Review Officer

204: Power to obtain information

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"The Legal Complaints Review Officer can ask for information to investigate complaints about lawyers or conveyancers."

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The Legal Complaints Review Officer can ask a Standards Committee to explain how they handled a complaint. You can think of a Standards Committee like a group that looks into complaints about lawyers or conveyancers. The Legal Complaints Review Officer can also ask for records or documents about a complaint. The Legal Complaints Review Officer can make further inquiries into a complaint or how it was handled. They can look into any part of a complaint that they think needs more investigation. The Legal Complaints Review Officer has the same powers as a Standards Committee when they are investigating a complaint. The Legal Complaints Review Officer can request information from a Standards Committee or an investigator. This includes asking for the reasons behind a final decision made by a Standards Committee. They can also ask for copies of records or documents related to a complaint.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Powers of Legal Complaints Review Officer

204Power to obtain information

  1. The Legal Complaints Review Officer may—

  2. make inquiries of, and request explanations from, a Standards Committee as to—
    1. the handling of any inquiry or investigation, or any aspect of any inquiry or investigation, that has been conducted by that Standards Committee or by an investigator on behalf of that Standards Committee; or
      1. the reasons for any final determination of that Standards Committee:
      2. request a Standards Committee or an investigator to supply to the Legal Complaints Review Officer the originals of, or copies of, any records, reports, documents, or other information relating to a complaint and held by the Standards Committee or investigator:
        1. make further inquiries or investigations into—
          1. any complaint or any aspect of a complaint; or
            1. any aspect of the manner in which a complaint was handled or investigated:
            2. exercise, for the purpose of any inquiry or investigation conducted under paragraph (c), all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator.