Solicitors Act 1974

28 Regulations

(1) The Master of the Rolls may make regulations, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, about the following matters, namely—

(a) admission as a solicitor ;

(b) the keeping of the roll;

(c) practising certificates and applications for them ;

(d) the keeping of the register under section 9.

(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) includes power to specify—

(a) one or more conditions (in this Act referred to as "training conditions ") to be imposed on the issue of practising certificates to solicitors to whom training regulations apply; and

(b) one or more conditions (in this Act referred to as " indemnity conditions ") to be imposed on the issue of practising certificates to solicitors who are exempt from indemnity rules.

(3) Regulations about the keeping of the roll and of the register under section 9 may provide for the manner in which entries are to be made, altered and removed.

(4) The regulations may provide for rights of appeal to the Master of the Rolls in connection with the making and alteration of entries on the roll and the removal of entries from it.

(5) The Master of the Rolls may make regulations about the procedure for any appeals to him authorised by this Part or regulations under this section.