Clause 12

by inserting, immediately after the words “Every foreign lawyer who is registered under section 36P” in subsection (1), the words “, and every law expert who is registered under section 36PA,”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “registration under section 36P” in subsection (1)(a), the words “or 36PA (as the case may be)”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “the conduct of a foreign lawyer who is registered under section 36P” in subsections (2) and (9), the words “, or the conduct of a law expert who is registered under section 36PA”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “the conduct of a foreign lawyer registered under section 36P,” in subsection (4), the words “or the conduct of a law expert registered under section 36PA,”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “the foreign lawyer” wherever they appear in subsections (4)(a), (9)(a), (c) and (d), (10)(a), (b) and (c), (11), (13)(b), (15)(b), (16)(a), (24) and (25)(b), the words “or law expert”;

by deleting the word “shall” in subsection (8)(a) and substituting the word “must”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(8A) A complaints committee appointed to hear and investigate a complaint of the conduct of a law expert who is registered under section 36PA must, within 4 weeks after the date of its appointment —

determine whether there is a prima facie case for an investigation into the complaint; and

if it is of the opinion that there is no prima facie case for an investigation into the complaint, determine that no cause of sufficient gravity for disciplinary action exists against the law expert.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “the conduct of a foreign lawyer who is registered under section 36P” in subsection (10), the words “, or the conduct of a law expert who is registered under section 36PA,”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (8)(a)” in subsection (12)(a), the words “or (8A)”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (8)(a)(ii)” in subsection (13), the words “or (8A)(b)”;

by deleting subsection (14) and substituting the following subsection:“(14) Where a complaints committee makes a determination under subsection (11)(b)(ii), it may give the foreign lawyer or law expert concerned a warning, reprimand the foreign lawyer or law expert, or order the foreign lawyer or law expert to pay a penalty of not more than $20,000.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “foreign lawyers registered under section 36P” in the section heading, the words “and law experts registered under section 36PA”.