Section 7 Services complaint: notice

Scotland

F1(1)

This section applies where, or to the extent that, the Commission—

(a)

determines under section 2(1A)(a) that a complaint is a services complaint, and

(b)

proceeds to determine under section 2(4) whether the complaint is frivolous, vexatious or totally without merit and determines that it is none of these things.

F2(2)

F3The Commission must give notice in writing to the complainer and the practitioner by sending to each of them a copy of the determination F4under section 2(1A)(a) and specifying the reasons for the determination.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 7(1) inserted (1.1.2015) by The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Modification of Duties and Powers) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/232), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(a) (with reg. 4)
F2: Words in s. 7 renumbered as s. 7(2) (1.1.2015) by The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Modification of Duties and Powers) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/232), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(b) (with reg. 4)
F3: Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.1.2015) by The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Modification of Duties and Powers) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/232), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(c)(i) (with reg. 4)
F4: Words in s. 7(2) inserted (1.1.2015) by The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Modification of Duties and Powers) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/232), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(c)(ii) (with reg. 4)

Notes on Part 1

Modifications

C1: Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (2.7.2012) by The Licensed Legal Services (Complaints and Compensation Arrangements) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/153), regs. 1(1), 2