1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Licensed Legal Services (Complaints About Approved Regulators) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 17 December 2018.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 2010 Act” means the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010,
“the Commission” means the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission,
“the Investigator” means—
the Scottish Ministers, or
the Commission, where the Scottish Ministers have delegated to it their functions under section 79(4) of the 2010 Act (complaints about regulators)(1).
The Scottish Ministers may delegate their functions under section 79(4) of the Act by virtue of section 79(7) of the Act.