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SCHEDULES

[F1SCHEDULE 1AN.I.INCORPORATED PRACTICES: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Powers of Tribunal in respect of inadequate professional servicesN.I.

22.(1) The powers conferred on the Tribunal by Article 51A shall be exercisable on an inquiry into—N.I.

(a)any complaint made to the Tribunal under this Schedule by or on behalf of the Society with respect to a recognised body; or

(b)any application made to the Tribunal under paragraph 18(2) by a lay observer with respect to a recognised body,

in like manner as they are exercisable on an inquiry into any complaint or application made as mentioned in Article 51A(1) with respect to a solicitor.

(2) Accordingly, in Article 51A as it applies in relation to any such complaint or application as is mentioned in sub‐paragraph (1)(a) or (b)—

(a)any reference to a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body; and

(b)any reference to professional services provided by a solicitor in connection with any matter in which he or his firm had been instructed by a client shall be construed as including a reference to professional services provided by a recognised body in connection with any matter in which it had been instructed by a client.]