208Additional complaints and allegations

208 Additional complaints and allegations

208 Additional complaints and allegations

(1) The Tribunal may deal with one or more complaints or allegations about a person in the same proceedings.

(2) The Tribunal may deal with conduct of a person as if a complaint or allegation (the additional complaint or allegation) had been made about the conduct and referred to the Tribunal if—

(a) the Tribunal is conducting proceedings under this Part in relation to a complaint or allegation against the person (the original complaint or allegation), and

(b) information about the conduct has arisen in the proceedings, and

(c) in the opinion of the Tribunal, a complaint or allegation could have been made against the person about the conduct.

(3) The Tribunal may deal with the additional complaint or allegation—

(a) whether or not the additional complaint or allegation could have been made against the person instead of or in addition to the original complaint or allegation, and

(b) whether or not the additional complaint or allegation could have been made by the person who made the original complaint or allegation.

(4) The Tribunal may deal with an additional complaint or allegation after an adjournment, if any, the Tribunal considers just and equitable in the circumstances.

(5) The Tribunal may do one or more of the following in relation to an additional complaint or allegation—

(a) reconsider a decision under section 205 to determine proceedings on the original complaint or allegation without a hearing,

(b) recommence proceedings by way of hearing for—

(i) the original complaint or allegation, or

(ii) the original complaint or allegation and the additional complaint or allegation,

(c) decide, in accordance with section 205, to determine proceedings without a hearing in relation to either or both of the following—

(i) the original complaint or allegation,

(ii) the additional complaint or allegation.

Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 [17]. Rep 2013 No 95, Sch 1.1 [34]. Ins 2022 No 68, Sch 3[4].