148DMaking submissions to inquiry [NSW]

148D Making submissions to inquiry [NSW]

148D Making submissions to inquiry [NSW]

(1) The registered health practitioner or student is entitled to attend the meeting at which the complaint is dealt with and to make submissions to the Council.

(2) The Committee may, if the Council so requires, make a submission to the Council with respect to the complaint and may for that purpose attend the meeting at which the complaint is dealt with.

(3) The Council must give the Commission the opportunity to make a submission to the Council with respect to the complaint and the Commission may for that purpose attend the meeting at which the complaint is dealt with.

(4) The Committee or the Commission may not be present at the meeting except while actually making a submission, unless the Council otherwise decides.

(5) Despite subsection (4), the Commission may be present throughout the Council’s inquiry if the complaint is the subject of a recommendation of the Commission that it be dealt with by inquiry at a meeting of the Council under this Subdivision.

(6) The registered health practitioner or student is not entitled to be legally represented at the inquiry but may be accompanied by a support person. The support person can be an Australian lawyer.

(7) The Commission is not entitled to be legally represented at the inquiry.