Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 433

433 Withdrawal of complaints

(1) The complainant may withdraw the complaint by notice to the commissioner.

(2) If the notice about the withdrawal is oral, the commissioner must do each of the following unless the complainant gives the commissioner written confirmation of the withdrawal—

(a) make a written record of the withdrawal;

(b) give the complainant a copy of the record, or send a copy of it addressed to the complainant at the complainant’s address last known to the commissioner.

(3) However, the withdrawal of the complaint does not prevent action being taken on a complaint by another person, or by the commissioner on the commissioner’s own initiative.

(4) In this section—

"complaint" does not include a complaint about the conduct of an unlawful operator.

"withdrawal" , of a complaint, includes withdrawal of some only or part only of the matters that form the subject of the complaint.