Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 68

68 Requirement if show cause event

(1) If a show cause event happens in relation to a local legal practitioner, the practitioner must give to the relevant regulatory authority both of the following—

(a) within 7 days after the date of the event—notice, in the approved form, that the event happened;

(b) within 28 days after the date of the event—a written statement explaining why, despite the event, the practitioner continues to be a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate.

(2) The regulatory authority must give a copy of the notice and the statement under subsection (1) to the commissioner.

(3) However, if a written statement is given after the 28 days mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , the regulatory authority may accept the statement and take it into consideration.