The Legal Services Act 2007 (Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2008

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2008.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1st October 2008.

(3) In this Order —

(a) “the 1980 Act” means the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980(1);

(b) “the 1990 Act” means the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990(2);

(c) “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(3);

(d) “the 2007 Act” means the Legal Services Act 2007;

(e) a reference to a section, Schedule or paragraph of a Schedule by number alone is a reference to that section, Schedule or paragraph in the 2007 Act;

(f) “the Commission” means the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission;

(g) “the ombudsman” means the Scottish legal services ombudsman;

(h) “relevant complaint” means—

(i) a complaint made to the ombudsman under section 34(1A) of the 1990 Act before 1st October 2008; and

(ii) a complaint made to the Commission under section 34(1A) of the 1990 Act which relates to the manner in which a professional organisation has handled a complaint in relation to which article 2(2) has effect.

(1)

1980 c.46.

(2)

1990 c. 40. Section 33 was amended by the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997 (c.35), section 5(1); the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4), schedule 4, paragraph 12(12); and S.S.I. 2000/121, regulation 37, schedule 2, part II, paragraph 6(2).

(3)

1999 c. 33