The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Handling Complaints and Specification of Interest Rates) Order 2008
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2008 No. 428
LEGAL PROFESSION
Made 18th December 2008
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22th December 2008
Coming into force 30th January 2009
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23(4)(b), 27(3)(b) and 28(3)(b) of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 20071and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Handling Complaints and Specification of Interest Rates) Order 2008 and comes into force on 30th January 2009.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007.
Handling Complaints: Specified date in connection with investigation by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
2. For the purposes of section 23(4)(b) of the Act the specified date is the date on which the relevant professional organisation sent its written decision on its investigations of the conduct complaint to the complainer and practitioner concerned.
Specified interest rate for the annual general levy
3. For the purposes of section 27(3)(b) of the Act the specified interest rate is a rate equivalent to the base rate of the Bank of England plus two per cent per annum.
Specified interest rate for the complaints levy
4. For the purposes of section 28(3)(b) of the Act the specified interest rate is a rate equivalent to the base rate of the Bank of England plus four per cent per annum.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
18th December 2008
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made under the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Act”). It specifies interest rates for the purposes of the annual general levy and the complaints levy, and also sets a time limit for investigation of handling complaints by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (“the Commission”).
Section 23(4)(a) of the Act provides that the Commission must not investigate a handling complaint where...
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