Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 571

571 .         Reports

        (1)         The chairperson of the Complaints Committee must on or before 31 December in each year cause an annual report in relation to the activities of the Complaints Committee in the year ending on the preceding 30 June to be made and submitted to the Attorney General.

        (2)         The annual report must include details of —

            (a)         the number, nature, and outcome of —

                  (i)         inquiries undertaken by the Complaints Committee; and

                  (ii)         matters that have been brought before the State Administrative Tribunal by the Complaints Committee under this Act;

                and

            (b)         the number and nature of matters referred to in paragraph (a) that are outstanding; and

            (c)         any trends or special problems that may have emerged; and

            (d)         a forecast of the workload of the Complaints Committee in the year after the year to which the report relates; and

            (e)         any proposals for improving the operation of the Complaints Committee.

        (3)         The Law Complaints Officer is to provide the Complaints Committee with information it may request for the purpose of making its annual report.

        (4)         The Attorney General must within 14 days after the day on which a copy of an annual report is received by the Attorney General cause a copy of the report or statement to be laid before each House of Parliament or dealt with under section 595.

        (5)         In addition to the annual report under subsection (1), the Complaints Committee must report —

            (a)         at such other times and in such manner as may be requested, to the Attorney General; and

            (b)         at such other times and in such manner as may be requested, to the Board,

                on matters relating to its functions and the operation of the provisions of this Act regulating the conduct and discipline of legal practitioners.

        (6)         The Complaints Committee may make a report under subsection (5) of its own volition.

        (7)         Where a report is to be made under subsection (5) any Complaints Committee member may request that the report include such matters as that member considers appropriate, and effect must be given to the request.