90AC—Referral or request for investigation of matter to
regulatory authority in participating State
(1) If it considers it
appropriate to do so, a regulatory authority in this State may refer a
complaint made to it in relation to a local legal practitioner or an
interstate legal practitioner to a regulatory authority in a
participating State, to be dealt with according to the law of that State.
(2) If it considers it
appropriate to do so, a regulatory authority in this State may request a
regulatory authority in a participating State to investigate the conduct of a
local legal practitioner or an interstate legal practitioner (whether or not
the subject of a complaint), in accordance with the law of that State.
(3) After a referral
under subsection (1) has been made, no further action (other than action
required to comply with section 90AE) may be taken by any
regulatory authority in this State in relation to the subject-matter of the
referral.