Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997

5 Minor and consequential amendments of 1990 Act.S

(1)In section 33 of the 1990 Act (complaints about legal services)—

(a)in subsection (2), for the words from “the procedures” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ their procedures for dealing with conduct complaints do not conflict with the duty imposed by section 34A of this Act in relation to any report sent to them under that section ”;

(b)subsections (3) and (4) shall cease to have effect; and

(c)in subsection (5), after the words “this section” there shall be inserted the words “ and sections 34, 34A and 34B of this Act ”.

(2)In Schedule 3 to the 1990 Act (Scottish legal services ombudsman: terms of appointment etc.)—

(a)in paragraph 1, the words “(the “ombudsman”)”; and

(b)paragraphs 7 and 8,

shall cease to have effect.