Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 459

459 .         Request to another jurisdiction to investigate complaint or conduct

        (1)         The Complaints Committee may request a corresponding authority to arrange for the investigation of any aspect of a complaint being dealt with by the Complaints Committee, or any aspect of the conduct of an Australian legal practitioner being investigated by the Complaints Committee in the absence of a complaint, and to provide a report on the result of the investigation.

        (2)         A report on the result of the investigation received from —

            (a)         the corresponding authority; or

            (b)         a person or body authorised by the corresponding authority to conduct the investigation,

                may be used and taken into consideration by the Complaints Committee and the State Administrative Tribunal in the course of dealing with the complaint or conduct under this Part.