Chapter:	359F	Title:	OPTOMETRISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	20	Heading:	Reference of complaint to the Committee	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) On receiving a complaint submitted under section 18, the Chairman of the Committee shall fix a date for the meeting of the Committee to consider the complaint for the purpose of determining whether it should be referred to the Board for inquiry.
(2) Where a complaint is to be considered by the Committee for the purposes described in subsection (1) the Secretary shall-

(a) notify the respondent of the receipt of the complaint;
(b) inform him of the substance thereof;
(c) forward to him a copy of any statutory declaration furnished under section 19(1);
(d) inform him of the date fixed for the meeting of the Committee to consider the complaint; and
(e) invite him to submit to the Committee any explanation he wishes to offer for his conduct or any other matter alleged in the complaint.