Legal Services Regulation Act 2015
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Disqualification for office of member of Authority | ||
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11. (1) A person shall be disqualified from and shall cease to hold office as a member of the Authority if— | ||
(a) he or she is convicted on indictment of an offence, | ||
(b) he or she is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, | ||
(c) in the case of a member who is a legal practitioner, his or her name is struck off the roll of solicitors or the roll of practising barristers, as the case may be, or, following the investigation of a complaint under Part 6 , he or she is the subject of— | ||
(i) a determination under section 82 (1) and the member concerned has not brought an appeal in accordance with section 83 (2)(a), or | ||
(ii) a decision of the High Court under subsection (2)(a) or (3) of section 85 , or | ||
(d) he or she— | ||
(i) has a declaration under section 819 of the Companies Act 2014 made against him or her or is deemed to be subject to such a declaration by virtue of Chapter 5 of Part 14 of that Act, or | ||
(ii) is subject or is deemed to be subject to a disqualification order, within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014 , whether by virtue of that Chapter or any other provisions of that Act, | ||
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(e) he or she has a declaration under section 150 of the Companies Act 1990 made against him or her or is subject or is deemed to be subject to a disqualification order by virtue of Part VII of that Act. | ||
(2) A person who is appointed to the Authority as a lay member shall cease to hold office where he or she ceases to be a lay person. |