The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 287 (C.10)

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1989

Made

28th February 1989

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 69(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985(1), hereby makes the following Order—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1989.

2.  Sections 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 28th February 1989

Explanatory Note

(This Note is not Part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st April 1989 sections 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (legal aid complaints). Sections 41 and 42 are substituted by section 33 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34). Section 40 defines a legal aid complaint. Sections 41 and 43 provide respectively for disciplinary provisions to apply to legal aid complaints about the conduct of barristers and solicitors. Sections 42 and 44 provide respectively for the exclusion of barristers and solicitors from legal aid work as a result of disciplinary proceedings.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This Note is not Part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:—

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 2, except insofar as it relates to the investigation of any complaint made to the Law Society relating to the quality of any professional services provided by a solicitor	12th March 1986	1986/364
Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 46 provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) mentioned in Part III of Schedule 8	12th March 1986	1986/364
Schedule 1	12th March 1986	1986/364
Schedule 3	12th March 1986	1986/364
Section 50	28th April 1986	1986/364
Sections 13, 22, 23, 38, 47, 51, 55	1st October 1986	1986/1503
Section 67(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 7 of Schedule 7	1st October 1986	1986/1503
Section 67(2), so far as it relates to so much of Part III of Schedule 8 as refers to the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) and the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)	1st October 1986	1986/1503
Sections 1 and 3	1st January 1987
Section 2, so far as it relates to the investigation of any complaint made to the Law Society relating to the quality of any professional services provided by a solicitor	1986/2260	1st January 1987
Section 48	12th January 1987	1986/2260
Sections 6(1), 6(2), 6(3), 6(5), 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34(1), 34(2), 35, 36, 37, 39	11th May 1987	1987/787
Schedule 4	11th May 1987	1987/787
Schedule 5	11th May 1987	1987/787
Schedule 6	11th May 1987	1987/787
Section 6(4)	1st December 1987	1987/787
Section 53	1st October 1988	1988/1341

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1985 c. 61.