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Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014
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#### 152 Register of Disciplinary Action
152 Register of Disciplinary Action
> > (1) The NSW Commissioner must keep a register (in this Act referred to as the Register of Disciplinary Action) of—
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> > > (a) disciplinary action taken under a law of this jurisdiction against lawyers, and
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> > > (b) disciplinary action taken under a corresponding law against lawyers who are or were enrolled or practising in this jurisdiction when the conduct that is the subject of the disciplinary action occurred, and
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> > > (c) disciplinary action taken under a corresponding law against lawyers who are enrolled or practising in this jurisdiction if the disciplinary action was recorded on a register of disciplinary action kept under the corresponding law when the lawyer became enrolled or commenced to practise in this jurisdiction.
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> > (2) The register may include the details that may be included in the register under section 435 of the [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a) and must not include the details that must not be included in the register under that section. Subsection (3) prevails over this subsection in the event of an inconsistency.
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> > (3) The local regulations may make provision for or with respect to the information that may or must be included in the register.
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> > (4) The register may be kept in a form determined by the NSW Commissioner.
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> > (5) The register is to be made available for public inspection on—
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> > > (a) the internet site of the NSW Commissioner, or
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> > > (b) an internet site identified on the internet site of the Commissioner.
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> > (6) Information recorded in the register may be provided to members of the public in any other manner approved by the NSW Commissioner.
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> > (7) The NSW Commissioner may cause any error in or omission from the register to be corrected.
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> > (8) The requirement to keep the register applies only in relation to disciplinary action taken after the commencement of section 577 of the [Legal Profession Act 2004](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2004-112), but details relating to earlier disciplinary action may be included in the register.
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> > (9) A Council or NCAT must provide to the NSW Commissioner sufficient information to enable the Commissioner to exercise the Commissioner’s functions in respect of the register.
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> **s 152:** Am 2015 No 7, Sch 1 \[33\] \[34\].