Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
former register means the Register of Disciplinary
Action kept under section 452(1) of the old Act;
previous disciplinary action means disciplinary
action as defined in section 451 of the old Act.
(2) The Board must
keep a register of the following —
(a)
disciplinary action taken under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) ;
(b)
disciplinary action taken under a corresponding law in respect of an
Australian lawyer admitted or practising in the State;
(c)
previous disciplinary action recorded in the former register in relation to an
Australian lawyer admitted or practising in the State.
(3) The register of
disciplinary action may also include previous disciplinary action that
occurred before the day on which this section comes into operation but was not
recorded in the former register.
(4) The register of
disciplinary action must include —
(a) the
full name of the person (the disciplined person ) against whom the
disciplinary action, or previous disciplinary action, was taken; and
(b) the
disciplined person’s business address or former business address; and
(c) the
disciplined person’s home jurisdiction or most recent home jurisdiction;
and
(d)
particulars of the disciplinary action, or previous disciplinary action,
taken; and
(e)
other particulars prescribed by the local regulations.
(5) The register of
disciplinary action may be kept in a form determined by the Board and form
part of other registers.
(6) The Board may
cause any error in or omission from the register of disciplinary action to be
corrected.
(7) The Legal Services
and Complaints Committee, the State Administrative Tribunal and the Principal
Registrar must provide to the Board sufficient information to enable the Board
to exercise the Board’s functions in respect of the register of
disciplinary action.