Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007

6Complaint determined to be conduct complaint

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Where, or to the extent that, the Commission determines under section 5(1) that a complaint is a conduct complaint, it must—

(a)remit the complaint to the relevant professional organisation to deal with (and give to the organisation any material which accompanies the conduct complaint);

(b)give notice in writing to the complainer and the practitioner by sending to each of them a copy of the determination and specifying—

(i)the reasons for the determination;

(ii)that the conduct complaint is being remitted under this section for investigation and determination by the relevant professional organisation;

(iii)the relevant professional organisation to which it is being remitted;

(iv)that the relevant professional organisation is under a duty under this Act to deal with the conduct complaint.