144ARelated applications

144A Related applications (1) If the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar receives an application (a ***subsequent application***) that appears to involve the same parties as another application for which an arbiter has already been appointed, the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar must— (a) forward the subsequent application directly to the arbiter; or (b) reject the subsequent application if the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar considers that the application is frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance. (2) On receipt of the subsequent application, the arbiter must decide, based on the subject matter of the subsequent application, either— (a) to join the subsequent application to the application that the arbiter was appointed to hear; or (b) to return the subsequent application to the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar without hearing it. (3) If the arbiter returns the subsequent application to the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar under subsection (2)(b), the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar must examine the subsequent application in accordance with section 144. S. 144B inserted by No. 23/2024 s. 53.