Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions in respect of complaints and disciplinary proceedings
354Continuation of Lay Observers
Despite the repeals effected by this Act, every person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, holds office under section 96 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 as a Lay Observer is, unless he or she sooner vacates office under section 120(4) of that Act, to continue to hold office until the close of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the commencement of this section for the purpose of discharging his or her functions or exercising his or her powers in relation to any complaints made or proceedings commenced before the commencement of this section.
For the purposes of subsection (1), each Lay Observer to whom that subsection applies has all necessary powers and may exercise, despite the repeals effected by this Act, the powers conferred on a Lay Observer by the repealed enactments, which apply accordingly with all necessary modifications.
Sections 120 to 122 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 continue, despite the repeal of that Act, to have effect, until the close of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the commencement of this section, in relation to any person continued in office by subsection (1).