Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5)

Part 1 S The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (2.7.2012) by The Licensed Legal Services (Complaints and Compensation Arrangements) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/153), regs. 1(1), 2

Forwarding complaints, advice, monitoring etc. S

33 Duty of relevant professional organisations to forward complaints to Commission S

Where a relevant professional organisation receives a complaint from a person other than the Commission about—

(a) the conduct of, or any services provided by, a practitioner;

(b) its handling of a conduct complaint remitted to it under section [F1 6(2)(a)] or 15(5)(a),

it must without delay send the complaint and any material which accompanies it to the Commission.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 33(b) substituted (1.1.2015) by The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Modification of Duties and Powers) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/232), regs. 1(2), 2(11) (with reg. 4)