sec.434Commissioner may delay dealing with complaint

### sec.434 Commissioner may delay dealing with complaint The commissioner may delay dealing with a complaint for 1 or more of the following reasons— the complainant has asked for a delay and the commissioner considers the request reasonable; for a complaint about an Australian legal practitioner—the practitioner is under investigation in this jurisdiction or another jurisdiction and, under this Act or a corresponding law of that other jurisdiction, the practitioner’s name may be removed from the local roll or interstate roll; the matter that is the subject of the complaint is being or about to be dealt with in another way; if the complaint relates to a requirement under a claim farming provision—the person who is the subject of the complaint is also the subject of an investigation or proceeding under a claim farming scheme under another Act; the commissioner considers that it is in the public interest to delay dealing with the complaint. Subsection (1) applies despite sections 18 and 450 . In this section— claim farming scheme means— the following provisions of the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 — part 4 , division 2A ; section 37AA , 37AB , 39A or 41A ; part 5AA ; the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , chapter 6B . s 434 amd 2022 No. 13 s 21 (sec.434-ssec.1) The commissioner may delay dealing with a complaint for 1 or more of the following reasons— the complainant has asked for a delay and the commissioner considers the request reasonable; for a complaint about an Australian legal practitioner—the practitioner is under investigation in this jurisdiction or another jurisdiction and, under this Act or a corresponding law of that other jurisdiction, the practitioner’s name may be removed from the local roll or interstate roll; the matter that is the subject of the complaint is being or about to be dealt with in another way; if the complaint relates to a requirement under a claim farming provision—the person who is the subject of the complaint is also the subject of an investigation or proceeding under a claim farming scheme under another Act; the commissioner considers that it is in the public interest to delay dealing with the complaint. (sec.434-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies despite sections 18 and 450 . (sec.434-ssec.3) In this section— claim farming scheme means— the following provisions of the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 — part 4 , division 2A ; section 37AA , 37AB , 39A or 41A ; part 5AA ; the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , chapter 6B . - (a) the complainant has asked for a delay and the commissioner considers the request reasonable; - (b) for a complaint about an Australian legal practitioner—the practitioner is under investigation in this jurisdiction or another jurisdiction and, under this Act or a corresponding law of that other jurisdiction, the practitioner’s name may be removed from the local roll or interstate roll; - (c) the matter that is the subject of the complaint is being or about to be dealt with in another way; - (d) if the complaint relates to a requirement under a claim farming provision—the person who is the subject of the complaint is also the subject of an investigation or proceeding under a claim farming scheme under another Act; - (e) the commissioner considers that it is in the public interest to delay dealing with the complaint. - (a) the following provisions of the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 — (i) part 4 , division 2A ; (ii) section 37AA , 37AB , 39A or 41A ; (iii) part 5AA ; - (i) part 4 , division 2A ; - (ii) section 37AA , 37AB , 39A or 41A ; - (iii) part 5AA ; - (b) the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , chapter 6B . - (i) part 4 , division 2A ; - (ii) section 37AA , 37AB , 39A or 41A ; - (iii) part 5AA ;