[F142 Exclusion of barristers from legal aid work.E+W
(1)Subject to any exclusion or restriction made by the disciplinary provisions applicable to barristers, where a disciplinary tribunal hears a charge of professional misconduct or breach of professional standards against a barrister, it may order that he shall be excluded from [F2providing representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service]], either temporarily or for a specified period, if it determines that there is good reason for the exclusion arising out of—
(a)his conduct in connection with any such services as are mentioned in section 40(1), or
(b)his professional conduct generally.
(2)Subsection (4) of section 41 shall apply to an order under subsection (1) as it applies to an order under subsection (2) of that section.
(3)The disciplinary provisions applicable to barristers shall include provision enabling a barrister who has been excluded from [F2providing representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service] under this section to apply for an order terminating his exclusion F3. . .
(4)In this section—
(a)the reference to a disciplinary tribunal shall be construed in accordance with section 41(5); F4. . .
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 41, 42 substituted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 70:1), s. 33
F2Words in s. 42(1)(3) substituted (2.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 24, Sch. 4 para.35 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 3(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F3Words in s. 42(3) repealed (2.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt.I (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 3(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F4S. 42(4)(b) repealed (2.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt.I (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 3(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)