Section 51 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

51.     Tribunal to hold formal inquiry into referred complaint

(1)  The Tribunal is to hold a formal inquiry into each complaint referred to it under section 49E .

(2)  Pending the completion of the formal inquiry the Tribunal, having regard to the nature of the complaint, may request the Council to –

(a) suspend the defendant's registration pursuant to section 55 ; or

(b) impose a condition on the defendant's registration.

(3)  The Tribunal is to give the Council notice of its reasons for making the request and –

(a) if subsection (2)(a) applies, a recommendation whether the suspension should be total or partial; or

(b) if subsection (2)(b) applies, a recommendation as to the required condition.

(4)  The Council must not refuse to comply with the Tribunal's request unless it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing.

(5)  If the Council agrees to a request under subsection (2)(b) , it has power to impose the condition but it must –

(a) give the defendant notice of the condition and the defendant's right of appeal and review in respect of the condition; and

(b) issue the defendant with a new certificate of registration incorporating the condition.