---
title: "Letter asking for more time to make submissions on a complaint (Uniform Law s 280)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/extension-of-time-for-complaint-submissions"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a63-extension-of-time-for-complaint-submissions"
area_id: "A63"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A63-H20261018-4", "A63-H20261018-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Letter asking for more time to make submissions on a complaint (Uniform Law s 280)

> A short letter asking the designated local regulatory authority to extend the period for a lawyer's submissions on a complaint, before that period ends.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/extension-of-time-for-complaint-submissions  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Professional Discipline & Occupational Regulation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales, Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for New South Wales and Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when a lawyer has been notified of a complaint or of a decision to investigate, the period for submissions under s 279 is still running, and more time is needed to get documents or instructions. Send it before the period ends. It is not the submissions.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare a practitioner's response to a complaint or show cause notice](https://ailawframework.com/practice/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/prepare-a-practitioner-s-response-to-a-complaint-or-show-cause-notice.md)
- [Build the complaint, investigation and deadline register for a practitioner](https://ailawframework.com/practice/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/build-the-complaint-investigation-and-deadline-register-for-a-practition.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may put the reference, the specified date and a list of missing documents into this letter; the lawyer checks every sentence and decides whether to ask.

**AI may:**

- Insert the authority's reference, the date of the notice and the date the specified period ends
- List documents the file shows have been requested and not yet received

**AI must not:**

- Must not add any response to the allegations
- Must not say the practitioner admits or denies anything
- Must not send the letter

**The lawyer checks:**

- The request goes out before the specified period ends
- The letter does not contain the submissions or a preview of them
- Any extension that is granted is in writing and diarised

## Authorities

- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 280 (submissions within the period specified under s 279; the authority may extend that period; it must consider submissions made in time and may consider later ones)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s280.html)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/extension-of-time-for-complaint-submissions and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*