2(1)An application for registration or for renewal of registration—
(a)shall be made to the Society in such form as the Council may prescribe; and
(b)shall be accompanied by such fee as the Council may, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, prescribe.
(2)Where such an application is duly made by a foreign lawyer, the Law Society may register the applicant if it is satisfied that the legal profession of which the applicant is a member is one which is so regulated as to make it appropriate—
(a)for solicitors to enter into multi-national partnerships with members of that profession; and
(b)for members of that profession to be officers of recognised bodies.
(3)Any registration may be made subject to such conditions as the Society sees fit to impose.
(4)The Council may make regulations, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, with respect to—
(a)the keeping of the register (including the manner in which entries are to be made, altered or removed); and
(b)applications for registration or renewal of registration.
(5)The register may be kept by means of a computer.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 14 para. 2(1)(a) extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119 regs. 1(1), 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 5(2)
C2Sch. 14 para. 2(1)(b) extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119 regs. 1(1), 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 5(1)
C3Sch. 14 para. 2(3) extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119 regs. 1(1), 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 5(2)
C4Sch. 14 para. 2(4) extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1(1), 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 1(4)
C5Sch. 14 para. 2(5) extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119 regs. 1(1), 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 5(2)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 14 para. 2 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 124(3) and S.I. 1991/1883, art. 3, Sch.
Yn ddilys o 01/07/2009
[F12A(1)The Society may direct that a foreign lawyer's registration is to have effect subject to such conditions as the Society thinks fit to impose.E+W
(2)A direction under sub-paragraph (1) may be given in respect of a foreign lawyer
(a)at the time he is first registered, or
(b)at any time when the registration has effect.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 14 para. 2A inserted (1.7.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 129 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(b)(i)