Acts and Regulations

84-112 - Legal Aid

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28(1)Where the Provincial Director
(a) becomes aware of any matter respecting the suitability of a solicitor on a panel,
(b) receives a report from an area director pursuant to section 27,
(c) is notified by the Council that a notice of complaint relating in whole or in part to the operation of the Plan has been served by them on a solicitor, or
(d) learns that a criminal charge relating in whole or in part to the operation of the Plan has been laid against a solicitor,
he may, on notice to the solicitor,
(e) affirm the removal by an area director of a solicitor’s name from a panel, or
(f) remove the name of a solicitor from a panel,
and in every case he shall forthwith conduct an investigation into the matter.
28(2)Where the Provincial Director removes or affirms the removal of the name of a solicitor from a panel, he shall, within twenty-four hours,
(a) advise the solicitor of the case against him, and
(b) notify the appropriate area director and area committee.
28(1)Where the Provincial Director
(a) becomes aware of any matter respecting the suitability of a solicitor on a panel,
(b) receives a report from an area director pursuant to section 27,
(c) is notified by the Council that a notice of complaint relating in whole or in part to the operation of the Plan has been served by them on a solicitor, or
(d) learns that a criminal charge relating in whole or in part to the operation of the Plan has been laid against a solicitor,
he may, on notice to the solicitor,
(e) affirm the removal by an area director of a solicitor’s name from a panel, or
(f) remove the name of a solicitor from a panel,
and in every case he shall forthwith conduct an investigation into the matter.
28(2)Where the Provincial Director removes or affirms the removal of the name of a solicitor from a panel, he shall, within twenty-four hours,
(a) advise the solicitor of the case against him, and
(b) notify the appropriate area director and area committee.