Requirements that may be imposed for investigations under Part 6
4 Requirements that may be imposed for investigations under Part 6
For the purpose of carrying out a complaint investigation in relation to a legal practitioner or former legal practitioner, an investigator may, by notice served on the practitioner or former practitioner, require the practitioner or former practitioner to do any 1 or more of the following:
to produce, at or before a specified time and at a specified place, any specified document (or a copy of the document);
to provide written information on or before a specified date (verified by statutory declaration if the requirement so states);
to otherwise assist in, or cooperate with, the investigation of the complaint in a specified manner.
For the purpose of carrying out a complaint investigation in relation to a legal practitioner or former legal practitioner, an investigator may, on production of evidence of their appointment, require any person who has or has had control of documents or information that may be relevant to the investigation of the complaint to produce, or provide a copy of, the documents or information to the investigator.
A person who is subject to a requirement under subclause (1) or
must comply with the requirement. Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for
1 year.
A requirement imposed on a person under this clause is to be notified in writing to the person and is to specify a reasonable time for compliance.
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