Disclosure of information by the Scottish Legal Aid Board
2. For the purposes of section 34(2)(b) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986(1), any complaint alleging professional misconduct being investigated under section 33(1)(a) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990(2) is deemed to be a conduct complaint remitted by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission under section 6(a) of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007.
1986 c. 47. Section 34(2)(b) was amended by the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, section 81 and paragraph 2(5)(b) of schedule 5.
1990 c. 40. Section 33 was amended by the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997 (c. 35), section 5(1); the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4), schedule 4, paragraph 12(12); and S.S.I. 2000/121, regulation 37, schedule 2, part II, paragraph 6(2). It was repealed by the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), sections 195(5) and 210, paragraph 2 of Schedule 20 and Schedule 23, but saved for limited purposes by S.S.I. 2008/332, article 2(2).