New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 386

386 Report to local regulatory authority of disciplinary matters

(1) This section applies if, in the course of--

(a) a trust records examination; or

(b) a trust records investigation; or

(c) a compliance audit; or

(d) a complaint investigation--

an investigator becomes aware of any matter that the investigator thinks may be unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct on the part of an Australian legal practitioner or Australian-registered foreign lawyer.

(2) The investigator must, unless the matter is or has already been the subject of a complaint under Chapter 5, refer the matter to the designated local regulatory authority to consider whether disciplinary action should be taken against an Australian legal practitioner or Australian-registered foreign lawyer.