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The Legal Services Act 2007 (Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2008

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Section 33 of the 1990 Act

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2.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies despite the repeal of section 33 of the 1990 Act by sections 195(5) and 210 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 20 and Schedule 23 to, the 2007 Act.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), section 33 of the 1990 Act will continue to have effect in relation to the following circumstances—

(a)a complaint that a practitioner has been guilty of professional misconduct where the conduct giving rise to the complaint first occurred before 1st October 2008;

(b)a complaint that a practitioner has provided inadequate professional services where those services were provided in connection with a matter in which the practitioner was first instructed before 1st October 2008; and

(c)a complaint that a practitioner has been guilty of professional misconduct and has provided inadequate professional services where the services were provided in connection with a matter in which the practitioner was first instructed before 1st October 2008.

(3) This article has effect only in relation to complaints made before 1st October 2010.

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