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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 No. 332
2.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies despite the repeal of section 33 of the 1990 Act by virtue of sections 195(5) and 210 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 20 and Schedule 23 to, the Legal Services Act 2007(1).
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), section 33 of the 1990 Act continues to have effect where–
(a)in relation to a complaint that a practitioner has been guilty of professional misconduct, the conduct giving rise to the complaint occurred before the relevant date;
(b)in relation to a complaint that a practitioner has provided inadequate professional services, those services have been provided in connection with a matter in which the practitioner was first instructed before the relevant date;
(c)in relation to a complaint that a practitioner has been guilty of professional misconduct and has provided inadequate professional services, those services have been provided in connection with a matter in which the practitioner was first instructed before the relevant date.
(3) This article has effect in relation to a complaint made during the period beginning with the relevant date and ending 2 years from that date.
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