When costs of investigation are debt
32 When costs of investigation are debt
If—
an investigator states in his or her report of an investigation that there is evidence that a breach of this Act or the regulations has been committed or evidence that a fiduciary or professional default has occurred in relation to the law practice whose affairs are under investigation; and
the Society is satisfied that the breach or default is wilful or of a substantial nature, the Society may decide that the whole or part of the costs of carrying out the investigation is payable to the Society and may specify the amount payable.
The amount specified by the Society is a debt payable to the
Society by the law practice whose affairs are under investigation.
The Society must, before seeking to recover the amount payable, give the law practice written notice of the Society's decision, the reasons for the decision and the amount specified as being payable.
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