Effective date

The amendments to these rules shall become effective on January 1, 2001. Formal Charges under review by the Disciplinary Review Board on the above-mentioned date shall be immediately forwarded and filed with the Clerk. Charges pending before the Committees on Inquiry on the above-mentioned date that have not been the subject of an Inquiry shall proceed in accordance with these rules. Appeals pending before the Committees on Inquiry on the above-mentioned date shall proceed as if under the former rules with the exception that there shall not be an additional appeal to the Disciplinary Review Board.