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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-53ZA",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/46",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/53ZA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53ZA",
  "heading": "Remission of complaint by Tribunal to Council",
  "text": "(1) Where, after holding an inquiry under section 53(1) into a complaint of professional misconduct against a solicitor, the Tribunal—\n(a) is not satisfied that he has been guilty of professional misconduct;\n(b) considers that he may be guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct,\nit must remit the complaint to the Council.\n(2) Where the Tribunal remits a complaint to the Council under subsection (1), it may make available to the Council any of its findings in fact in its inquiry into the complaint under section 53(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 53ZA-53ZC inserted (1.10.2008) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), ss. 53(3), 82 (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2008/311, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/8",
      "affecting_title": "Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/53ZA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:15.254365+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}