New Zealand Legislation: Acts

42 Right to appeal

• (1) A person may appeal to the Disciplinary Tribunal against any decision of the New Zealand Law Society or the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers to decline to issue, or to refuse to issue, a practising certificate to the person.

  (2) Every appeal under subsection (1)—

  • (a) must be by way of rehearing; and

  • (b) must be made within such time and in such form as may be prescribed by the Disciplinary Tribunal under section 227(g).

  (3) On hearing an appeal under subsection (1), the Disciplinary Tribunal may confirm, reverse, or modify the decision appealed against.