Powers of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in respect of legal aid complaintsE+W
6. Where the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal makes an order under section 47(2A) of the 1974 Act M1 in the case of a solicitor who is a manager or employee of a licensed body, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, order that any other solicitor who is for the time being a manager or employee of that body shall also be excluded (either permanently or for a specified period) from providing representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service [F1or from providing criminal legal aid work (within the meaning of section 47(3C) of the 1974 Act)].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 6 inserted (1.4.2013) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/534), reg. 1, Sch. para. 11
Marginal Citations
M1Section 47(2A) was inserted by sections 44 and 69(5) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61).