# Administration of Justice Act 1985, Section 40: Legal aid complaints: preliminary.

Extent: E+W

(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act a legal aid complaint is a complaint relating to the conduct of a barrister or solicitor in connection with the provision for any person of services under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 including, in the case of a solicitor, provision for any person of such services in the capacity of agent for that person’s solicitor.
(2) In this Part—
“legally assisted person” means a person to whom aid is ordered to be given under section 28 of the Legal Aid Act 1974;
“the Senate” means the Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar; and
“Senate Disciplinary Tribunal” means any committee of the Senate which in accordance with the regulations of the Senate is to be known as a Disciplinary Tribunal.
(3) In the Legal Aid Act 1974, sections 12(3) to (5) and 38(2) to (6) (which are superseded by this Part) shall cease to have effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985/section-40
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