Article 6 Powers of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in respect of legal aid complaints

Where the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal makes an order under section 47(2A) of the 1974 Act M1 in the case of a solicitor who is a manager or employee of a licensed body, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, order that any other solicitor who is for the time being a manager or employee of that body shall also be excluded (either permanently or for a specified period) from providing representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service F1or from providing criminal legal aid work (within the meaning of section 47(3C) of the 1974 Act).