Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)
302Determination by designated tribunal—disciplinary matters
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302 Determination by designated tribunal—disciplinary matters
302 Determination by designated tribunal—disciplinary matters
(1) If, after it has completed a hearing under this Part into the conduct of a respondent lawyer, the designated tribunal finds that the lawyer is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct, the designated tribunal may make any orders that it thinks fit, including any of the orders that a local regulatory authority can make under section 299 in relation to a lawyer and any one or more of the following—
(a) an order that the lawyer do or refrain from doing something in connection with the practice of law;
(b) an order that the lawyer cease to accept instructions as a public notary in relation to notarial services;
(c) an order that the lawyer’s practice be managed for a specified period in a specified way or subject to specified conditions;
(d) an order that the lawyer’s practice be subject to periodic inspection by a specified person for a specified period;
(e) an order that the lawyer seek advice in relation to the management of the lawyer’s practice from a specified person;
(f) an order recommending that the name of the lawyer be removed from a roll kept by a Supreme Court, a register of lawyers kept under jurisdictional legislation or the Australian Legal Profession Register;
(g) an order directing that a specified condition be imposed on the Australian practising certificate or Australian registration certificate of the lawyer;
(h) an order directing that the lawyer’s Australian practising certificate or Australian registration certificate be suspended for a specified period or cancelled;
(i) an order directing that an Australian practising certificate or Australian registration certificate not be granted to the lawyer before the end of a specified period;
(j) an order that the lawyer not apply for an Australian practising certificate or Australian registration certificate before the end of a specified period;
(k) a compensation order against the lawyer in accordance with Part 5.5;
(l) an order that the lawyer pay a fine of a specified amount not exceeding $100 000 if the lawyer is found guilty of professional misconduct.