Background Part 3 - Complaints Section 60 – Power of Commission to request practitioner’s details in connection with complaints
164.This section inserts new section 17A (power of Commission to request practitioner’s details in connection with complaints) into the 2007 Act. The new section enables the Commission to obtain various contact details in connection with a complaint against a practitioner from the relevant professional organisation for certain purposes where it considers this is necessary. If requested, the relevant professional organisation must provide contact details for practitioners that it holds, whether or not it continues to be authorised to provide legal services.