Clause 15

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Any complaint of the conduct of an advocate and solicitor shall in the first place be made to the Society and the Council shall refer the complaint to the Chairman of the Inquiry Panel.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2) and (3), where two or more complaints or information touching upon the conduct of an advocate and solicitor have been received by the Council, including any complaint which had been referred to a Disciplinary Committee under section 89, the Council may with the leave of the court refer to the Chairman of the Inquiry Panel one or more complaints or information which in its opinion are more serious in nature first and defer the referral of the remaining complaints or information.”;

by deleting the words “an application under subsection (1) or” in the first line of subsection (4);

by deleting the words “an application or” in the first line of subsection (5);

by deleting the word “application,” in the last line of subsection (5);

by deleting the words “written application or” in subsection (10);

by deleting the words “written application or” in the second line of subsection (11); and

by deleting the words “application or” in the fifth line of subsection (11).