# Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025, Section 51: Complaints initiated by, or continued by, the Commission

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) The 2007 Act is amended as follows.
(2) After section 2, insert—
“Complaints initiated by the Commission
2A (1) In addition to receiving a conduct complaint or a regulatory complaint mentioned in section 2(1), the Commission may itself initiate a complaint against a practitioner which, had it been received from a person mentioned in section 2(2), would be a conduct complaint or a regulatory complaint.
(2) Section 2(1A) applies to a complaint under subsection (1) as it applies to a complaint referred to in section 2(1).
(3) References in this Part (other than in this section) and in sections 47 to 52A to a conduct complaint or a regulatory complaint include references to a conduct complaint or a regulatory complaint that is initiated by the Commission under subsection (1).
(4) The Commission may not initiate a complaint under subsection (1) if it would not be an eligible complaint in accordance with any provision in rules made under section 32(1).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/8/section/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-legal-services-scotland-act-2025/section-51
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