Variation of disciplinary application
519 Variation of disciplinary application
(1) The Disciplinary Tribunal may, on the application of the person who made the disciplinary application or on its own initiative, vary the application to omit allegations or to include additional allegations, if satisfied it is reasonable to do so having regard to all the circumstances.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), when considering whether or not it is reasonable to vary the disciplinary application, the Tribunal must have regard to whether varying the application will affect the fairness of the proceedings.
(3) The inclusion of an additional allegation is not precluded on any of the following grounds:
(a) the additional allegation has not been the subject of a complaint;
(b) the additional allegation has not been the subject of an investigation;
the alleged conduct concerned occurred more than 3 years ago.
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