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emen s 9.1 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT Pursuant to Part 5 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 the Committee is required to publish an Information Statement. The Attorney General has approved, in accordance with section 96(1) of the said Act, publication of the statement by incorporation in an annual report. Accordingly the Information Statement of the Committee is at the end of this report. It has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 94 of the said Act. 9.2 PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE In accordance with the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003 the Committee has appointed a Public Interest Disclosure Officer.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 ("FOIACT1 INFORMATION STATEMENT LEGAL PROFESSION COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE 1. This information statement is prepared and published pursuant to the requirements of Part 5 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 ("the F01 Act") and relates to the Legal Profession Complaints Committee ("Complaints Committee"). 2. The structure of the Complaints Committee is set out in Sections 555 and 556 of the Legal Profession Act 2008 ("the Act"); the functions of the Complaints Committee are set out in Sections 409, 410, and 557. 3. The functions of the Complaints Committee including, in particular, its decision making functions, do not affect members of the public; they affect Australian Legal Practitioners (as defined in Section 5(a) of the Act) on the one hand and those among the classes of persons set out in Section 410(1) of the Act from whom complaints are received on the other hand. 4. The policy of the Complaints Committee is formulated by statute and is set out at Part 13 of the Act. There are no arrangements to enable members of the public to participate in the formulation of its policy or in the performance of its functions other than the fact that representatives of the community are members of the Complaints Committee being appointed as such by the Attorney General. 5. The kinds of documents that are usually held by the Complaints Committee comprise firstly its complaint files containing correspondence, memoranda, and the like, and secondly documents related to meetings of the Complaints Committee, such as agendas, minutes, memoranda, and the like. The Complaints Committee also prepares brochures which explain the nature and limits of its functions. There is no written law other than the FOI Act whereunder any of these documents can be inspected. There is no law or practice whereunder any of these documents can be purchased. Copies of the said brochures can be inspected or obtained from the Complaints Committee free of charge, or can be downloaded from http: / /www.lpbwa.org.au /. 6. Copies of the said brochures are available at the offices of the Complaints Committee at 2nd Floor, 55 St Georges Terrace, Perth, to any person who calls at those offices or who otherwise contacts the Complaints Committee with an enquiry concerning the nature and limits of its functions. Copies of the said brochures are also available to the general public for inspection or downloading from http: / /www.lpbwa.org.au /. 7. Karen Whitney of 2nd Floor, 55 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Legal Practitioner is the officer to whom initial enquiries as to access to documents can be made and who has been generally directed to make decisions under the FOl Act; enquiries may be made by telephone (08) 9461 2299. 53
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