(a) stop holding office as members
of the solicitors complaints tribunal under the repealedQueensland Law
Society Act 1952 ; and
(b) are not entitled to any payments, remuneration or
allowances for a period after the repeal.
(2) The person who, immediately
before the repeal, is the clerk of the former tribunal must give—
(a) to the
Brisbane registrar the former tribunal’s register of costs assessors, and
all related documents to that register; and
(b) to the commissioner all other
documents held immediately before the repeal by the person as the clerk of the
former tribunal.
(3) A regulation may provide for how the Brisbane registrar
or the commissioner must deal with the documents given to the Brisbane
registrar or the commissioner under subsection (2) to protect confidentiality,
including creating an offence for unauthorised disclosures.
(4) Also, a
regulation may provide for a person to apply to the Supreme Court for an order
that allows the Brisbane registrar or the commissioner to disclose
information, including by giving the person access to or a copy of a document.
(5) In this section—
"existing members" mean the members of the solicitors complaints tribunal
under the Queensland Law Society Act 1952 immediately before its repeal.
"former tribunal" means the solicitors complaints tribunal under the
Queensland Law Society Act 1952 before its repeal.
"repeal" means the repeal of the Queensland Law Society Act 1952 .
