118CQueen's Counsel appointed before 1 August 2008

1. This section applies to a person who at the close of 31 July 2008 held, and at the close of 2 December 2012 continued to hold, the rank of Queen's Counsel for New Zealand.

2. If, after 31 July 2008 and under section 118(5) (as repealed by section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2012), the person used, in relation to himself or herself, the words Senior Counsel and the abbreviation SC, then after 2 December 2012 he or she—

3. may continue to use, in relation to himself or herself, those words and that abbreviation; or
4. may use instead, in relation to himself or herself, the words King’s Counsel and the abbreviation KC.

5. The precedence to which the person is entitled is not affected by sections 118 to 119C (as substituted by section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2012).

6. The following apply to the person in the same way as they apply to a Queen's Counsel appointed to that rank after 2 December 2012:

7. sections 118B, 119A, and 119B (as so substituted):
8. any regulations made under section 119(1)(c) and (e) to (g) (as so substituted).

9. Despite subsection (4)(a), section 118B (as so substituted) does not apply, but section 118D(4) (as so substituted) does apply, to the person if after his or her appointment as a Queen's Counsel and before or on 1 April 2010 and under section 118(2)(b) of this Act (as repealed by section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2012) or not inconsistently with an enactment in or under an earlier Act that corresponds to this Act he or she—

10. practised, or in the course of his or her practice provided regulated services, as a barrister and solicitor, or in partnership with any other lawyer; or
11. was actively involved in the provision by an incorporated law firm (other than one in which he or she is the only voting shareholder) of regulated services; or
12. was an employee (other than an employee of an incorporated law firm in which he or she is the only voting shareholder) who, in the course of his or her employment, provided regulated services; or
13. was a statutory officer.

14. Subsections (3), (4), and (5) apply to the person whether or not after 2 December 2012 and under subsection (2) he or she uses, in relation to himself or herself, the words Senior Counsel and the abbreviation SC.