The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Administration of Justice Act 1985

8.  Section 43 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (jurisdiction and powers of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in relation to complaints against solicitors)(1) continues to have effect as applied by regulation 37(3) of, and Schedule 4 to, the 2000 Regulations as if the 2000 Regulations had not been revoked by regulation 3 on and after IP completion day, in relation to an individual who—

(a) was a registered European lawyer (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the 2000 Regulations as it had effect immediately before IP completion day), registered with the Law Society, at a time before IP completion day; but

(b) is not a Swiss lawyer to whom regulation 6 applies,

as it had effect before IP completion day in relation to an individual who had ceased to be registered with the Law Society under regulation 17 of the 2000 Regulations.

(1)

Section 43 was amended by sections 24 and 106 of, and Schedule 4, paragraph 36 and Schedule 15, Part 1 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999, section 177(b) of, and Schedule 16, Part 2, paragraph 84 to, the Legal Services Act 2007 and section 39(1) of, and Schedule 5, Part 1, paragraph 31 to, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.