HC Deb 29 January 1997 vol 289 c436

Amendments made: No. 75, in page 52, line 41, after 'may' insert ', for the purpose of determining whether—

  1. (a) a solicitor or any employee of him or of his firm may be committing a criminal offence in connection with criminal legal assistance; or
  2. (b) a solicitor may be seeking, in relation to criminal legal assistance, to recover from the Fund money to which he is not entitled, as, for example, by performing unnecessary work; or
  3. (c) a registered firm or solicitor is or may not be complying with the code,'.

No. 76, in page 53, line 44, at end insert— '(8) No information or documents obtained by the Board by virtue of this section or section 35B of this Act shall be used by it or by any of its employees for any purpose other than the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) above. (9) Section 34 of this Act applies in relation to a contravention of subsection (8) above as it applies in relation to a contravention of subsection (1) of that section.'.

No. 77, in page 54, line 1, leave out 'or a Justice of the Peace'.

No. 78, in page 55, line 44, leave out 'or a solicitor employed by the Board by virtue of section 28A of this Act'.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]

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