Tahir Rashid Butt

“Each member undertaking continuing professional development must:

(a) Maintain a record of the precise nature of their Continuing Professional Development, including date, time expended and topics covered;
(b) Retain such record for at least 12 months after the end of the relevant triennium; and
(c) Produce such record to an officer of CPA Australia for inspection upon request.

1. as soon as reasonably expedient after the allocation of a Complaint to him or her, the PCO must:
   

   (ii) require the Member to provide a satisfactory explanation with respect to the matters referred to in the Complaint. If a Member fails to provide a satisfactory explanation in writing with respect to the matters referred to in the Complaint within 10 Business Days (or such further period as agreed with the PCO) of receipt of a request by the PCO, the GMPC may proceed to make an assessment under By-Law 5.3 on the material before him or her without further communication with the Member and the Member will be in breach of By-Law 5.2(a), which breach must be dealt with concurrently with the Complaint. 

Mr Butt did not attend the Disciplinary Tribunal Hearing and a denial of the complaints was entered on his behalf.

Penalty and costs: 

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

Complaint 1:

Complaint 2: