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35AA Information about legal services
(1) For the purpose mentioned in subsection (4)(a), each of the bodies mentioned in subsection (3)(a), (b) and (c) must provide the Board with such information as the Board may reasonably require.
(2) For the purpose mentioned in subsection (4)(b)—
(a) each of the bodies mentioned in subsection (3)(a) and (b) must—
(i) inform the Board whenever it upholds a conduct complaint about a solicitor or (as the case may be) an advocate, and
(ii) give the Board a summary of the relevant facts,
(b) the body mentioned in subsection (3)(d) must—
(i) inform the Board whenever it upholds a services complaint about a solicitor or an advocate, and
(ii) give the Board a summary of the relevant facts.
(3) The bodies are—
(a) the Law Society,
(b) the Faculty of Advocates,
(c) the Scottish Court Service,
(d) the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.
(4) The purposes are the Board's exercise of its functions under—
(a) section 1(2A),
(b) section 31(3).
(5) In subsection (2), a reference to a services or a conduct complaint is to be construed in accordance with Part 1 of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007.
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35AA Information about legal services
(1) For the purpose mentioned in subsection (4)(a), each of the bodies mentioned in subsection (3)(a), (b) and (c) must provide the Board with such information as the Board may reasonably require.
(2) For the purpose mentioned in subsection (4)(b)—
(a) each of the bodies mentioned in subsection (3)(a) and (b) must—
(i) inform the Board whenever it upholds a conduct complaint about a solicitor or (as the case may be) an advocate, and
(ii) give the Board a summary of the relevant facts,
(b) the body mentioned in subsection (3)(d) must—
(i) inform the Board whenever it upholds a services complaint about a solicitor or an advocate, and
(ii) give the Board a summary of the relevant facts.
(3) The bodies are—
(a) the Law Society,
(b) the Faculty of Advocates,
(c) the Scottish Court Service,
(d) the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.
(4) The purposes are the Board's exercise of its functions under—
(a) section 1(2A),
(b) section 31(3).
(5) In subsection (2), a reference to a services or a conduct complaint is to be construed in accordance with Part 1 of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007.
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