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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Discipline - Procedure and miscellaneous matters

115: Appointment of legal advisor to assist Board

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"The Board can get help from a lawyer with legal questions."

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You can have a lawyer help the Board with legal questions. The Board can choose a barrister or solicitor to give advice. The lawyer attends the proceedings to help the Board. The Board pays the lawyer for their work. The amount of money is agreed upon by the lawyer and the Board. This payment covers the lawyer's services and expenses.

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Discipline: Procedure and miscellaneous matters

115Appointment of legal advisor to assist Board

  1. For the purposes of advising the Board on questions of law and procedure arising in proceedings under this subpart, the Board may appoint an advisor who is a barrister or solicitor to attend the proceedings.

  2. The Board must pay to the advisor, by way of remuneration and expenses for his or her services for the proceedings, the sum that is agreed upon between the advisor and the Board.