# The Licensed Conveyancers' Discipline and Appeals Committee (Procedure) Rules Approval Order 2001, Paragraph 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:—
“the Act” means the Administration of Justice Act 1985;
“the 1990 Act” means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
“appellant” means a person appealing to the Committee under section 29 of the Act (appeals from decision of Council in relation to licences) or, as the case may be, paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Act (appeals against decision of Council in relation to grant of recognition);
“Chairman” means the Chairman or acting Chairman of the Committee;
“the Committee” means the Discipline and Appeals Committee established under section 25(1) of the Act;
“the complainant” means the person whose complaint has been referred to the Committee by the Investigating Committee under section 24(1)(b) of or paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act or who has made a complaint directly to the Committee under paragraph 17(1) of Schedule 8 to the 1990 Act;
“the Council” means the Council for Licensed Conveyancers;
“the Director” means the Director of the Council or any person appointed by the Council temporarily to perform the duties of that office;
“the Investigating Committee” means the committee established under section 24 of the Act;
“the Legal Assessor” means a person appointed under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Act;
“licensed conveyancer”—
(a) means a person who holds a licence in force under Part II of the Act, and
(b) in relation to a particular allegation or complaint, includes a person who held such a licence at the time when the conduct to which the allegation or complaint relates took place;
“party” has the meaning at paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 4 to the Act.
“recognised body”—
(a) means a body for the time being recognised under section 32 of the Act, and
(b) in relation to a particular allegation or complaint, includes a body corporate which was so recognised at the time when the conduct to which the allegation or complaint relates took place;
“respondent” means—
(a) in the case of an allegation or complaint referred to the Committee under section 24 of, or paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to, the Act or a complaint made under paragraph 17 of Schedule 8 to the 1990 Act:—
(i) the licensed conveyancer or recognised body about whom the allegation is made or the complaint is made or treated as made, and
(ii) in any case where the recognition of a recognised body may be revoked under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Act and the Chairman or Committee so direct, includes the recognised body in question;
(b) in the case of an appeal under section 29 of, or paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Act, the Council;
(c) in the case of an application under section 27 or 28(2) of, or paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 6, to the Act, the Council;
(d) in the case of a reference under rule 4, the person or recognised body whose licence or recognition may be revoked;
“the Solicitor”, in relation to any function under these Rules, means a solicitor authorised by the Council to act on its behalf for the purposes of that function and, in relation to a hearing, includes counsel instructed to act on the Council’s behalf.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1978 applies to these Rules as it applies to an Act of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2797/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensed-conveyancers-discipline-and-appeals-committee-procedure-rules-approval-order-2001/schedule/paragraph-2
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