Guernsey Bar (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Commencement) Ordinance, 2009

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The Guernsey Bar (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Commencement) Ordinance, 2009

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 25^th July, 2007[a] and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 44 of the Guernsey Bar (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2007[b], hereby order:-

Commencement of the Law.

1. The Law and the Guernsey Bar (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2008[c] shall come into force on the 1^st February, 2009.

Savings and transitional provisions.

2. Notwithstanding the date of -

(a) the making of a complaint, or

(b) the conduct which is the subject of a complaint,

where, before the commencement of the Law, a Disciplinary Committee (gallicized "La Chambre de Discipline") of the Bar had been appointed in respect of a complaint, it may consider that complaint and make such decisions as it sees fit as if the Law had not been enacted.

Interpretation.

3. For the purposes of this Ordinance -

"complaint" means a complaint of professional misconduct, and

"the Law" means the Guernsey Bar (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2007.

Citation.

4. This Ordinance may be cited as the Guernsey Bar (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Commencement) Ordinance, 2008.

[a]	Article VII of Billet d'État No. XIX of 2007.
[b]	Order in Council No. XI of 2008.
[c]	Order in Council No. * of 2009.