119AOther ways of ceasing to hold rank

1. A person who holds the rank of King’s Counsel ceases to hold that rank if—

2. he or she is suspended from practice as a barrister or as a solicitor or as both (even if the suspension is only until a charge against the person has been heard and disposed of by the Disciplinary Tribunal); or
3. his or her name is struck off the roll.

4. Nothing in sections 118 to 119C (as substituted by section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2012) abrogates the power of the Crown to revoke, under the Royal prerogative, the appointment of any person who was appointed as a King’s Counsel for New Zealand.