New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 152

152 Register of Disciplinary Action

(1) The NSW Commissioner must keep a register (in this Act referred to as the
"Register of Disciplinary Action" ) of--

(a) disciplinary action taken under a law of this jurisdiction against lawyers, and

(b) disciplinary action taken under a corresponding law against lawyers who are or were enrolled or practising in this jurisdiction when the conduct that is the subject of the disciplinary action occurred, and

(c) disciplinary action taken under a corresponding law against lawyers who are enrolled or practising in this jurisdiction if the disciplinary action was recorded on a register of disciplinary action kept under the corresponding law when the lawyer became enrolled or commenced to practise in this jurisdiction.

(2) The register may include the details that may be included in the register under section 435 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) and must not include the details that must not be included in the register under that section. Subsection (3) prevails over this subsection in the event of an inconsistency.

(3) The local regulations may make provision for or with respect to the information that may or must be included in the register.

(4) The register may be kept in a form determined by the NSW Commissioner.

(5) The register is to be made available for public inspection on--

(a) the internet site of the NSW Commissioner, or

(b) an internet site identified on the internet site of the Commissioner.

(6) Information recorded in the register may be provided to members of the public in any other manner approved by the NSW Commissioner.

(7) The NSW Commissioner may cause any error in or omission from the register to be corrected.

(8) The requirement to keep the register applies only in relation to disciplinary action taken after the commencement of section 577 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 , but details relating to earlier disciplinary action may be included in the register.

(9) A Council or NCAT must provide to the NSW Commissioner sufficient information to enable the Commissioner to exercise the Commissioner's functions in respect of the register.