Control of employment of persons convicted of offences of dishonesty and certain other personsE+W
11(1)Where a person who is or was employed [F1or remunerated] by a recognised body but is not himself a solicitor—
(a)has been convicted of a criminal offence which discloses such dishonesty that in the opinion of the Society it would be undesirable for him to be employed [F1or remunerated] by a recognised body in connection with its business; or
(b)has, in the opinion of the Society, occasioned or been a party to, with or without the connivance of any director of the recognised body by which he is or was employed [F1or remunerated], an act or default in relation to that body’s business which involved conduct on his part of such a nature that in the opinion of the Society it would be undesirable for him to be employed [F1or remunerated] by a recognised body in connection with its business,
[F2the Society may either make, or make an application to the Tribunal for it to make, an order under subsection (2) of section 43 of the 1974 Act with respect to him.]
(2)F3. . . any reference in subsection (2) of that section to a solicitor or to his practice as a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body or to its business as such a body.
(3)Any reference in subsection (5) of that section to a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(1) inserted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 48, Sch. 7 para. 10(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(a)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(1) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 48, Sch. 7 para. 10(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(a)
F3Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(2) repealed (1.1.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt.II (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(d), Sch.1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 para. 11 applied (16.9.2004) by S.I. 2000/1119, Sch. 4 para. 24(a) (as substituted by The European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1628), reg. 7(2))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 11 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2