New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 281

281 Exceptions to requirement for notification of complaint

(1) Section 279(1)(b) does not require the designated local regulatory authority to give the respondent a summary or details of a complaint or a notice about making submissions if the designated local regulatory authority reasonably believes that to do so will or is likely to--

(a) prejudice the investigation of the complaint; or

(b) prejudice an investigation by the police or another investigatory or law enforcement body of any matter with which the complaint is concerned; or

(c) place the complainant or another person at risk of intimidation or harassment; or

(d) prejudice pending court proceedings.

(2) In that case, the designated local regulatory authority--

(a) may postpone giving the respondent the summary or details and the notice until of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so; or

(b) may at its discretion give the respondent the notice and a statement of the general nature of the complaint.