39Disciplinary action

39 Disciplinary action

(1)  Where the Director determines that there are grounds for taking disciplinary action against a conveyancer, the Director may, by order, do one or more of the following:

(a) cancel the conveyancer’s licence;

(b) suspend the conveyancer's licence for a specified period or until any conditions imposed by the Director are met;

(c) reprimand the conveyancer;

(ca) [Section 39 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2022, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2023] in the case of a person who has ceased to carry on business as a conveyancer, permanently prohibit the person from holding a licence or disqualify the person from holding a licence for a specified period;

(d) require the conveyancer to pay the reasonable costs of any hearing conducted by the Director or any investigation conducted for the purposes of the hearing, or both.

(2)  An order may provide that it is to have effect at a specified time and impose conditions as to the conduct of the conveyancer who is subject to the order, or his or her business, until that time.

(3)  An order takes effect on the day on which it is served on the conveyancer to whom it relates.

(4)  If an amount ordered to be paid by a conveyancer as costs under subsection (1)(d) is not paid as directed by the order, that amount may be recovered by the Director as a debt due to the Crown in any court of competent jurisdiction.