35Registrar may refer matter to appropriate authority

35 Registrar may refer matter to appropriate authority

35 Registrar may refer matter to appropriate authority

(1) In this section—

appropriate authority—

(a) means a person, body or organisation who or which is empowered by a law of this jurisdiction or of another State or the Commonwealth to take investigatory, disciplinary or other action, and

(b) includes (without limiting paragraph (a))—

(i) a law enforcement agency, and

(ii) a regulatory or disciplinary body for persons engaged in any profession, occupation, calling or business, and

(iii) another registrar.

(2) Instead of conducting a compliance examination in relation to a matter, or at any time during a compliance examination or after the completion of a compliance examination in relation to a matter, the Registrar may refer the matter to an appropriate authority.

(3) If the Registrar refers a matter to an appropriate authority, the Registrar is not obliged to take any other action in relation to the matter.

(4) The Registrar may refer a matter to an appropriate authority despite any law of this jurisdiction relating to privacy or confidentiality.

s 35: Am 2022 No 18, Sch 1[13] [14].