Legal Profession Act 2007

The commissioner may delay dealing with a complaint for 1 or more of the following reasons—

the complainant has asked for a delay and the commissioner considers the request reasonable;

for a complaint about an Australian legal practitioner—the practitioner is under investigation in this jurisdiction or another jurisdiction and, under this Act or a corresponding law of that other jurisdiction, the practitioner’s name may be removed from the local roll or interstate roll;

the matter that is the subject of the complaint is being or about to be dealt with in another way;

if the complaint relates to a requirement under a claim farming provision—the person who is the subject of the complaint is also the subject of an investigation or proceeding under a claim farming scheme under another Act;

the commissioner considers that it is in the public interest to delay dealing with the complaint.

Subsection (1) applies despite sections 18 and 450.

In this section—

the following provisions of the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994—

part 4, division 2A;

section 37AA, 37AB, 39A or 41A;

part 5AA;

the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, chapter 6B.