Name not disclosed

Member’s name: Name not disclosed
Date of Hearing: 12 December 2016
Division: Victoria
Tribunal: Disciplinary Tribunal

On 12 December 2016 the Disciplinary Tribunal found a member breached Article 39(a)(ii)A of Constitution in that the member breached

• By-Law 9.5(b) in failing to successfully complete a Quality Review within the Quality Review Prescribed Timeframes
• By-Law 5.2(a)(ii) in failing to respond to correspondence from Professional Conduct over seven months in relation to a Complaint made about her. 

The member attended the Disciplinary Tribunal Hearing and admitted the Complaints.

Penalty and costs

The Disciplinary Tribunal found the Complaints sustained and imposed the following penalties and costs:

• in relation to her Quality Review:
  • the member must successfully complete a compliant Follow Up Review by 30 April 2017, or such other date as agreed by the General Manager Professional Conduct, or her Membership will be forfeited
  • should her Membership be forfeited, prior to any application for readmission, she must first successfully complete a compliant Quality Review, at her own cost as a non member
• in relation to the failure to respond to correspondence from Professional Conduct, a severe reprimand.

The member was ordered to pay CPA Australia’s costs of $578. 

The Disciplinary Tribunal took into account exceptional circumstances and ordered that the member’s name be withheld from publication.