The Tribunal held that the Legal Practice Board retained authority to commence disciplinary proceedings in the Tribunal notwithstanding its delegation of Chapter 5 functions to the Legal Services and Complaints Committee, as no contrary intention to the general principle that delegation does not divest the delegator of power was found in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) or the Application Act, and accordingly the respondent's application to dismiss the proceeding as an abuse of process was refused.
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