Commentary on Sections Section 16: Orders under section 15
Section 16 empowers the Department to make an order, on the recommendation of an interested body (defined in Subsection (6) as either the Bar Complaints Committee or the LSOC), the effect of which is for new categories of complainants to be included in or excluded from the scope of the Bar Complaints Committee.
Subsection (3) sets out the process that must be undertaken by an interested body before it makes a recommendation. Subsections (4) and (5) provide that if the Department considers the recommendation, and decides not to follow it, it must publish reasons for doing so.