255Order for striking off, cancellation of registration, restoration, or suspension to be filed in High Court

1. Where the Disciplinary Tribunal makes—

2. an order under section 242(1)(c) striking the name of a lawyer or former lawyer off the roll; or
3. an order under section 242(1)(d) cancelling the registration of a person as a conveyancer; or
4. an order under section 242(1)(e) or (f) suspending a practitioner or former practitioner from practice; or
5. an order under section 246(3) that the name of any person be restored to the roll or register,—
the chairperson of the Disciplinary Tribunal must ensure that the order is filed in the office of the High Court at Wellington.

6. Subject to subsection (3), on the filing of the order it takes effect as if it were an order of the High Court to the like effect made within the jurisdiction of the High Court.

7. If the order filed is an order made under section 242(1)(c) or (d), that order must, until the expiry of the time allowed for appeal under section 253, or, if an appeal is commenced, until the determination of the appeal, take effect only as an order that the practitioner or former practitioner be suspended from practice as a barrister or as a barrister and solicitor or as a conveyancing practitioner, as the case may require.

8. An order filed in the High Court under this section may be inspected by any person during office hours without payment of any fee.

9. If the person who is the subject of the order is a provider under the Legal Services Act 2011, the chairperson of the Disciplinary Tribunal must give a copy of the order to the Secretary for Justice.