Section 39: Revocation and suspension of authorisation.

Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 · 1990 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part II: Legal Services

REPEALED on 2009-03-31 by Legal Services Act 2007.

The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

The Board shall, with the approval of the Secretary of State , make rules providing for the circumstances in which the authorisation of a person under section 37 may be revoked or suspended by the Board.

Where any such authorisation is revoked or suspended in accordance with the rules, the person concerned shall cease to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Act.

The rules may, in particular—

provide for any suspension to be indefinite or for a period specified by the Board;
provide for the total, or partial, lifting of any suspension in specified circumstances;
provide for the publication by the Board of notice of any suspension or revocation under the rules;
make transitional provision for dealing with any work in hand at the time when a revocation or suspension takes effect.

Where the Board—

revokes or suspends any authorisation in accordance with the rules; or
lifts a suspension so imposed,

it shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform any body which has any regulatory functions in relation to that authorised practitioner of the action which it has taken.

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