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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.68Requirement if show cause event
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### sec.68 Requirement if show cause event
If a show cause event happens in relation to a local legal practitioner, the practitioner must give to the relevant regulatory authority both of the following—
within 7 days after the date of the event—notice, in the approved form, that the event happened;
within 28 days after the date of the event—a written statement explaining why, despite the event, the practitioner continues to be a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate.
The regulatory authority must give a copy of the notice and the statement under subsection (1) to the commissioner.
However, if a written statement is given after the 28 days mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , the regulatory authority may accept the statement and take it into consideration.
(sec.68-ssec.1) If a show cause event happens in relation to a local legal practitioner, the practitioner must give to the relevant regulatory authority both of the following— within 7 days after the date of the event—notice, in the approved form, that the event happened; within 28 days after the date of the event—a written statement explaining why, despite the event, the practitioner continues to be a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate.
(sec.68-ssec.2) The regulatory authority must give a copy of the notice and the statement under subsection (1) to the commissioner.
(sec.68-ssec.3) However, if a written statement is given after the 28 days mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , the regulatory authority may accept the statement and take it into consideration.
- (a) within 7 days after the date of the event—notice, in the approved form, that the event happened;
- (b) within 28 days after the date of the event—a written statement explaining why, despite the event, the practitioner continues to be a fit and proper person to hold a local practising certificate.