New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 93A

93A Compliance with requirements about documents and other matters

(1) This section applies to a requirement referred to in section 93(1)(c) or (d).

(2) A person who is subject to a requirement to which this section applies must comply with the requirement.

: Maximum penalty--the penalty specified in the costs assessment rules in relation to a contravention of the requirement (not exceeding 50 penalty units).

(3) If a person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement to which this section applies, the costs assessor or review panel may decline to deal with the application or may continue to deal with the application on the basis of the information provided.

(4) A failure by an Australian legal practitioner to comply with a requirement to which this section applies without reasonable excuse is capable of being unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.