Legal Services Regulation Act 2015
|
Amendment of section 19 of Act of 2002 | ||
|
208. Section 19 of the Act of 2002 is amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution of “Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal” for “Disciplinary Tribunal” in each place in which it occurs, and | ||
(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (7): | ||
“(7) In this section, ‘misconduct’— | ||
(a) means, in relation to an act or omission that occurred before the date on which Part 6 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 comes into operation— | ||
(i) the commission of an offence under section 55, 56 or 58 of the Principal Act or of an arrestable offence (within the meaning of the Criminal Law Act 1997 ), | ||
(ii) conduct outside the State which constitutes an offence under the law of the jurisdiction concerned and which, if that conduct took place within the State, would constitute an arrestable offence (within that meaning), or | ||
(iii) any other conduct which, if engaged in by a solicitor, would tend to bring the solicitors’ profession into disrepute, | ||
and | ||
(b) in relation to an act or omission that occurred on or after the date on which Part 6 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 comes into operation, shall be construed in accordance with section 50 of that Act, in so far as that section relates to solicitors.”. |