Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 98

98 Law society and bar association to notify other jurisdictions about particular matters

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) a regulatory authority takes any of the following actions in relation to an Australian lawyer—

(i) a refusal to grant or renew a local practising certificate for the lawyer;

(ii) a suspension or cancellation of the lawyer’s local practising certificate; or

(b) the lawyer is successful in an application to the tribunal for a review of a decision to take an action mentioned in paragraph (a) .

(2) The regulatory authority must give the corresponding authorities written notice of the action taken or the result of the review.

(3) The notice must state each of the following—

(a) the lawyer’s name and address as last known to the regulatory authority;

(b) particulars of—

(i) the action taken and the reasons for it; or

(ii) the result of the review;

(c) other relevant information that the authority considers should be included in the notice.

(4) The regulatory authority may give the corresponding authorities written notice of a condition imposed on an Australian lawyer’s local practising certificate.