25 The Discipline and Appeals Committee.E+W
(1)The Council shall establish a committee, to be known as the Discipline and Appeals Committee, for the hearing and determination of—
(a)cases referred to them by the Investigating Committee under section 24; and
(b)applications and appeals made or brought under [F1section 24A, 27, 28 or] 29.
(2)The Council shall make rules as to the constitution of the Discipline and Appeals Committee, the times and places of the meetings of the Committee, the quorum and the mode of summoning the members of the Committee.
(3)Rules under this section—
(a)shall secure that a person who acted in relation to any case as a member of the Investigating Committee does not act in relation to that case as a member of the Discipline and Appeals Committee;
(b)may provide for the appointment to the Discipline and Appeals Committee of persons (whether licensed conveyancers or not) who are not members of the Council.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 25(1)(b) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 182, 211, Sch. 17 para. 14 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(c)(i)