Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 639

639 Constitution of committee for hearing

(1) The chairperson must make arrangements about constituting the committee for hearing and deciding discipline applications.

(2) For hearing and deciding a discipline application made to the committee, the committee is constituted by—

(a) the chairperson; and

(b) a member of the committee who is a local legal practitioner chosen by the chairperson; and

(c) a lay member of the committee chosen by the chairperson.

(3) In choosing a local legal practitioner as mentioned in subsection (2) , the chairperson must choose a person who is—

(a) if the discipline application is about the conduct of a person who, at the time of performing the acts or omitting to do the acts constituting the conduct complained of, was a barrister or, in the opinion of the chairperson, was engaged in legal practice in the manner of a barrister—a barrister; or

(b) otherwise—a solicitor.

(4) The chairperson is to preside at the hearing of a matter referred to the committee.

(5) In this section—

"chairperson" includes the deputy chairperson.