Legal Services Regulation Act 2015
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Monitor appointed by Authority may attend committee meetings | ||
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199. The Act of 1994 is amended by the insertion of the following after section 14B: | ||
“14C. (1) Where a committee is investigating an act or omission of a solicitor to which section 51 (5) of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 applies, a monitor may attend and observe any meeting of the committee in relation to the investigation. | ||
(2) The Society shall inform the Authority of the time and place of a meeting referred to in subsection (1). | ||
(3) In this section— | ||
‘committee’ means any committee of the Society to which the powers or functions of investigating alleged misconduct by a solicitor has been delegated; | ||
‘monitor’ means a person appointed by the Authority under section 93 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 to perform the functions of a monitor under this section.”. |