38.— Section 2 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) (inserted by section 12 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002):

“(2) References in sections 10, 10A (inserted by section 13 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002), 12 (inserted by section 14 of that Act) and 22 of this Act to complaints made to or received by the Society include references to any complaints made to the Society by the registrar under section 14B of this Act, and those provisions of this Act shall have effect accordingly.”.