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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Procedure

211: Powers exercisable on review

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"What the Legal Complaints Review Officer can do when reviewing a decision"

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When you ask for a review under section 193, the Legal Complaints Review Officer can do some things. They can confirm, modify, or reverse a decision made by a Standards Committee. They can also use powers that the Standards Committee could have used. The Legal Complaints Review Officer's orders or powers are treated like those of a Standards Committee, as stated in section 189. This means their orders or powers have the same effects. The Officer's decisions are also subject to other rules. This section does not limit what can be done under section 209, section 210, section 212, or section 215. You should look at these sections to understand what else can be done. The rules in these sections still apply.

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211Powers exercisable on review

  1. The Legal Complaints Review Officer may, on a review under section 193, do any 1 or more of the following things:

  2. confirm, modify, or reverse any decision of a Standards Committee, including any determination, requirement, or order made, or direction given, by the Standards Committee (or by any person on its behalf or with its authority):
    1. exercise any of the powers that could have been exercised by the Standards Committee in the proceedings in which the decision was made or the powers were exercised or could have been exercised.

      1. Section 189 applies, with all necessary modifications, to any order made or power exercised under this section by the Legal Complaints Review Officer as if that order had been made or that power had been exercised by a Standards Committee.

      2. Nothing in this section limits section 209, section 210, section 212, or section 215.