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LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1981 - SCHEDULE 5

Schedule 5—Transitional provisions

1—Closure of certain complaints

        (1)         A complaint received by the Commissioner under Part 6 before the commencement of subsection (3b) of section 77B may, if the complaint was made by a person who was, at the time of making the complaint, subject to an order under section 39 of the Supreme Court Act 1935 prohibiting him or her from instituting proceedings (or proceedings of a particular class), be closed by the Commissioner without an investigation or without completing an investigation.

        (2)         If the Commissioner determines to close a complaint under subclause (1)—

            (a)         the Commissioner must notify the complainant in writing of the closure of the complaint; and

            (b)         the determination is not subject to appeal.



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