South Australian Current Acts

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1981 - SECT 90AD

90AD—Dealing with matter following referral or request by regulatory authority in participating State

If a regulatory authority in a participating State—

            (a)         refers a complaint against a local legal practitioner or an interstate legal practitioner to a regulatory authority in this State; or

            (b)         requests a regulatory authority in this State to investigate the conduct of a local legal practitioner or an interstate legal practitioner,

the conduct of the practitioner may be investigated by the regulatory authority in this State and, following such investigation, a charge may be laid and disciplinary proceedings may be brought against the practitioner, whether or not the conduct investigated allegedly occurred in or outside this State.