SCHEDULES

I2C1 SCHEDULE 2F5Legal services practices: Supplementary Provisions

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Sch. 2 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2

Amendments (Textual)
F5

Words in Sch. 2 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 85 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) by SI 2000/1119 Sch. 4 para. 24(2) (as substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(c)(ii))

Complaints to Tribunal with respect to recognised bodies F6and recognised sole solicitor’s practice,

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

I116

1

The Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any of the following complaints made to it under this paragraph with respect to a recognised body, namely—

a

a complaint that the body has (while a recognised body) been convicted by any court F1. . . of a criminal offence which renders it unsuitable to be recognised under section 9 of this Act;

b

a complaint that the body has failed to comply with F2any requirement imposed by or by virtue of this Act or with any rules applicable to it by virtue of section 9 of this Act;

F3c

a complaint that the body has acted in contravention of section 41 of the 1974 Act or paragraph 9(2) of this Schedule or of any conditions subject to which a permission has been granted under section 41 of that Act or that paragraph of this Schedule; or

d

a complaint that the body has knowingly acted in contravention of any such order as is mentioned in section 44(2) of the 1974 Act or of any conditions subject to which a permission has been granted under such an order.

F41A

The Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any of the following complaints made to it under this paragraph with respect to a manager or employee of a recognised body (“the relevant person”)—

a

a complaint that the relevant person has been convicted by any court of a criminal offence which renders that person unsuitable to be a manager or employee (or both) of a recognised body;

b

a complaint that the relevant person has failed to comply with any requirement imposed by or by virtue of this Act or any rules applicable to the relevant person by virtue of section 9 of this Act;

c

a complaint that the relevant person has acted in contravention of section 41 of the 1974 Act or paragraph 9(2) of this Schedule or of any conditions subject to which a permission has been granted under that section or for the purposes of paragraph 9(2) of this Schedule;

d

a complaint that the relevant person has knowingly acted in contravention of an order under section 43(2) of the 1974 Act or of any conditions subject to which a permission has been granted under such an order.

F71B

The Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine any of the following complaints made to it under this paragraph with respect to the sole solicitor, or an employee, in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice (“the relevant person”)—

a

a complaint that the relevant person has been convicted by any court of a criminal offence which renders that person unsuitable to be the sole solicitor, or an employee, in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice (or both);

b

a complaint that the relevant person has failed to comply with any requirement imposed by or by virtue of this Act or any rules applicable to the relevant person by virtue of section 9 of this Act.

2

A complaint may be made to the Tribunal under this paragraph by any person.