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555Failure to comply with investigation under pt 6.4
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555 Failure to comply with investigation under pt 6.4
The following acts or omissions can be unsatisfactory professional
conduct or professional misconduct:
(a) a failure by an Australian legal practitioner to comply with any
requirement made by the law society council or investigator, or
a person authorised by the council or investigator, in the exercise
of powers given by this part;
(b) a contravention by an Australian legal practitioner of any
condition imposed by the law society council or investigator in
the exercise of powers given by this part;
(c) a failure by a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal
practice to ensure that the incorporated legal practice, or any
officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice, complies
with any of the following:
(i) any requirement made by the law society council or
investigator, or a person authorised by the council or
investigator, in the exercise of powers given by this part;
(ii) any condition imposed by the law society council or
investigator in the exercise of powers given by this part.
Miscellaneous—ch 6 Part 6.5