Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTRONIC CONVEYANCING NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 35

35 Registrar may refer matter to appropriate authority

(1) In this section:

"appropriate authority" :

(a) means a person, body or organisation who or which is empowered by a law of this jurisdiction or of another State or the Commonwealth to take investigatory, disciplinary or other action, and

(b) includes (without limiting paragraph (a) ):

(i) a law enforcement agency, and

(ii) a regulatory or disciplinary body for persons engaged in any profession, occupation, calling or business, and

(iii) another registrar.

(2) Instead of conducting a compliance examination in relation to a matter, or at any time during a compliance examination or after the completion of a compliance examination in relation to a matter, the Registrar may refer the matter to an appropriate authority.

(3) If the Registrar refers a matter to an appropriate authority, the Registrar is not obliged to take any other action in relation to the matter.

(4) The Registrar may refer a matter to an appropriate authority despite any law of this jurisdiction relating to privacy or confidentiality.