Legislation – Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025
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Part 3Complaints
52Ineligible or premature complaints
(1)
Section 4 (complaint not made timeously or made prematurely) of the 2007 Act is amended as follows.
(2)
The section title becomes “Complaint not eligible or made prematurely”
.
(3)
“(1)
Where the Commission considers that a complaint referred to in section 2(1) is not an eligible complaint in accordance with any provision in rules made under section 32(1), the Commission need not take any further action under this Part in relation to the complaint (except the giving of notice to the complainer, the practitioner and any other person as may be required under such rules).”.
(4)
“(2)
Where a complaint referred to in section 2(1) is made prematurely, the Commission need not take any further action under this Part in relation to the complaint (except the giving of notice to the complainer, the practitioner and any other person as may be required by rules made under section 32(1)).”.
(5)
The following subsections are repealed—
(a)
subsection (3),
(b)
subsection (5),
(c)
subsection (6).
(6)
In subsection (4)—
(a)
in the opening words, the words “or section 9A(2)” are repealed,
(b)
in paragraph (a), for the words from “where” to ““employing practitioner”)” substitute “the employing practitioner”
,
(c)
paragraph (b) is repealed.