Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 431

431 Further information and verification

(1) The commissioner may, by written notice to a complainant, require the complainant to do 1 or more of the following—

(a) give further information about the complaint;

(b) verify the complaint, or any further information, by statutory declaration;

(c) sign an approved form that acknowledges the waiver of legal professional privilege, or the benefit of a duty of confidentiality, as mentioned in section 492 .

(2) The notice must state a date, that is reasonable, by which the complainant must comply with the notice.

(3) The commissioner may extend the time for the complainant to comply with subsection (1) on application by the complainant whether before or after the date stated in the notice.