Hong Kong Regulations

CHIROPRACTORS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) RULES - SECT 30

Complainant to present case against respondent

(1) At the written request of a complainant made not later than 21 days before
the date of the inquiry, the chairman of the Inquiry Committee may, subject to
subsection (2), permit the complainant to-

   (a)  present the case against the respondent; and

   (b)  call evidence to support the case, and in such case, a reference to
        the Secretary in sections 29 and 33 shall be read as a reference to
        the complainant.

(2) The legal representative of a complainant may not present a case against a
respondent who is not legally represented. This subsection shall not be
construed so as to compel a respondent to obtain legal representation in order
that the legal representative of a complainant may present a case against him.

(3) Where the complainant is permitted to present the case and call evidence
under subsection (1), the complainant and the respondent shall be so informed
by the Inquiry Committee by notice in writing not less than 10 days before the
date of the inquiry. The complainant becomes a party to the inquiry
accordingly.