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8.—(1) The Solicitors Act 1974 (1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 15(1) (suspension of practising certificate), after “bankruptcy of a solicitor” insert “or the making of a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) in respect of a solicitor”.
(3) In section 16 (duration of suspension)—
(a)after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) The suspension of a practising certificate by virtue of section 15(1) by reason of the making of a debt relief order shall terminate—
(a)if the debt relief order is revoked on the ground mentioned in section 251L(2)(c) or (d) of the Insolvency Act 1986 and a copy of the notice provided to the debtor under Rule 5A.16 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 is served on the Society or the debt relief order is revoked by the court under section 251M(6)(e) of that Act and a copy of the court order is served on the Society;
(b)if the debt relief order is revoked and a period of one year has elapsed beginning with the effective date of that order. ”.
(b)in subsection (3)(b) after “bankruptcy” insert “or the making of a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) in respect of him”.
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