Legal Profession Act 2006
416Appeals to ACAT against decisions of relevant council
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416 Appeals to ACAT against decisions of relevant council (1) A person mentioned in table 416, column 2 may appeal a decision mentioned in column 3 to the ACAT. (2) The appeal must be made not later than— (a) 28 days after the day the relevant council gave the person making the appeal a statement of reasons under section 415; or (b) any further time allowed by the ACAT. (3) The ACAT may make any order it considers appropriate on the appeal.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the ACAT may make 1 or more of the orders mentioned in section 425 (3) to (5) (ACAT orders— Australian legal practitioners). Table 416 Appealable decisions column 1 item column 2 person column 3 decision 1 complainant dismiss a complaint under s 412 2 complainant omit matter from application to ACAT that was originally part of complaint 3 Australian legal practitioner complained about take action under s 413 in relation to practitioner
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