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Section 20ZA Remission of complaint by Tribunal to CouncilF1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Where, after holding an inquiry under section 20(2A) into a complaint of professional misconduct against a practitioner, the Tribunal—

(a)

are not satisfied that he has been guilty of professional misconduct;

(b)

consider that he may be guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct,

they must remit the complaint to the Council.

(2)

Where the Tribunal remit a complaint to the Council under subsection (1), they may make available to the Council any of their findings in fact in their inquiry into the complaint under section 20(2A).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 20ZA-20ZC inserted (1.10.2008) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), ss. 54(2), 82(2) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2008/311, art. 2(c)