6.—(1) The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990(1) is amended in accordance with this article.
(2) In section 20—
(a)for subsection (2B)(d) substitute—
“(d)a step which the Council may take in respect of a practitioner under subsection (2)(c) above.”;
(b)omit subsection (5);
(c)in subsection (6) omit “subsection (2)(a) or (b) above, or the Tribunal, by virtue of subsection (2B)(d) above, make a similar direction, or where the Council make a direction under”; and
(d)in subsection (11) for “(2)(a)” substitute “(2)(c)”.
(3) In section 20A(2)(a)(iii) for “(2)(a)” substitute “(2)(c)”.
1990 c.40; relevantly amended by the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4), schedule 4, paragraph 12(6)(e) (which inserted section 20(2B)), paragraph 12(6)(h) (which amended section 20(6)), paragraph 12(6)(k) (which amended section 20(11)) and paragraph 12(7) (which inserted section 20A) and by the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, schedule 5, paragraph 3(4)(e) (which amended section 20(2B)(d)), paragraph 3(4)(f) (which amended section 20(6)), paragraph 3(4)(i) (which amended section 20(11)) and paragraph 3(5) (which amended section 20A(2)(a)(iii)).