Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

146 Investigations by investigators

• (1) A Standards Committee may, for the purpose of inquiring into any complaint or matter, require an investigator appointed under section 144(1)—

  • (a) to inquire into the complaint or matter and any matters related to, or arising from, the complaint or matter; and

  • (b) to furnish to the Standards Committee a report on the complaint or matter and any such related matters.

  (2) The investigator may, in inquiring into, and reporting on, the complaint or matter and any such related matters,—

  • (a) examine (among other things) any accounts (including trust accounts) kept—

    • (i) by a practitioner or former practitioner; or

    • (ii) by a person who, or body that, is or was, in relation to a practitioner, a related person or entity; or

    • (iii) by an incorporated firm or former incorporated firm; and

  • (b) state (among other things), in his or her report, the investigator's opinion on the question whether there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a breach of any of the provisions of this Act or the practice rules has been committed—

    • (i) by a practitioner or former practitioner; or

    • (ii) by a person who, or body that, is, or was, in relation to a practitioner, a related person or entity; or

    • (iii) by an incorporated firm or former incorporated firm; or

    • (iv) by a person who is not a practitioner but who is an employee or former employee of a practitioner or an incorporated firm.