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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)
(1)The Council shall establish and maintain the register referred to in regulation 15 of the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 [F2as those regulations have effect by virtue of regulation 6 or 7 of the Services of Lawyers and Lawyer's Practice (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019], and shall keep the register at the office of their secretary.
(2)The register shall consist of the names in alphabetical order of all European lawyers entered on it in accordance with regulation 17 of those regulations [F3as it has effect by virtue of regulation 6 or 7 of the Services of Lawyers and Lawyer's Practice (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019].
[F4(2A)The register is also to record against the name of each lawyer entered on it the address of the place of business of that lawyer and related information (as given under section 12B(1)).]
(3)Any person may inspect the register during office hours without payment.
(4)Schedule 2 (powers of Council in relation to roll of solicitors) shall apply to the register as it does to the roll and in its application to the register the words “section 7(3)” in paragraph 4 shall be read as if the words “section 12A” were substituted therefor.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 12A(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer's Practice (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/127), reg. 1(1), sch. para. 1(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in s. 12A(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer's Practice (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/127), reg. 1(1), sch. para. 1(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4S. 12A(2A) inserted (1.5.2011) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 134(2), 150(2); S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 4(a)
(1)Any registered European lawyer–
(a)shall, on registration, inform the Council in writing of the address of his place of business, his home professional title, and the name and address of the competent authority with which he is registered in his home state; and
(b)shall thereafter inform the Council of any change to the information required under paragraph (a) above.
(2)The Council shall issue a registration to any registered European lawyer who applies for it.
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)
[F7(1) A registered European lawyer who wishes his name, or any annotation made against his name under section 25A(3), to be removed from the register may make an application to the Council in that behalf, and the Council shallF8... remove the name of that solicitor, or, as the case may be, the annotation against his name, from the register.]
[F9(2)But the Council are required to remove the name or annotation only if they are satisfied that—
(a)the solicitor has made adequate arrangements with respect to the business which the solicitor then has in hand, and
(b)it is otherwise appropriate to do so.]
Textual Amendments
F6Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)
F7S. 12C renumbered as s. 12C(1) (1.5.2011) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 135(2)(a), 150(2); S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 4(a)
F8Words in s. 12C(1) repealed (1.5.2011) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 135(2)(b), 150(2); S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 4(a)
F9S. 12C(2) inserted (1.5.2011) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 135(2)(c), 150(2); S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 4(a)
(1)Subject to subsection (2), a registered European lawyer whose name has been removed from the register shall be entitled to have his name restored to the register only if, on an application in that behalf made by him to the Tribunal and after such enquiry as the Tribunal thinks proper, the Tribunal so orders.
(2)On an application to the Council by a registered European lawyer whose name, or any annotation against whose name, has been removed from the register under section 12C, the Council may, after such inquiry as they think proper, restore the name of the registered European lawyer or, as the case may be, the annotation, to the register.
(3)Rules made by the Tribunal under section 52 may–
(a)regulate the making, hearing and determining of applications under subsection (1);
(b)provide for payment by the applicant to the council of such fee in respect of restoration to the register as the rules may specify.]
Textual Amendments
F10Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)
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