Clause 8

by inserting, immediately after the words “public officer” in subsection (1)(c), the words “or any officer of the Institute”;

by deleting the words “or the Attorney-General” wherever they appear in subsection (3) and substituting in each case the words “, the Attorney-General or the Institute”; and

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1A), (2) and (3), where 2 or more complaints or information touching upon the conduct of an advocate and solicitor (including any such complaint or information which had been referred to a Disciplinary Tribunal under section 89) have been received by the Council, the Council may do either or both of the following:

apply to the Chief Justice to refer to the Chairman of the Inquiry Panel one or more of the complaints or information which in the Council’s opinion are more serious in nature first and defer the referral of the remaining complaints or information;

apply to the Chairman of the Inquiry Panel for 2 or more of the complaints or information to be dealt with by —

the same Review Committee; or

the same Inquiry Committee.”.