Quorum of the Professional Conduct Committee
4.—(1) Paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Act is amended as follows.
(2) For sub-paragraph (1), substitute—
“(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (1A) and (2), the quorum of the Professional Conduct Committee shall be one person nominated by the President of the Law Society; and any two persons from one or more of the following categories—
(a)the elected members of the Board;
(b)the appointed members of the Board;
(c)the persons appointed by the Board.
(1A) The Committee shall not, however, be quorate unless there are present—
(a)a member of the Committee who is a registered person; and
(b)a member of the Committee who is neither a registered person nor a person nominated by the President of the Law Society.”
(3) In paragraph (2), at the beginning insert, “In addition,”.