Subject to paragraph 7, every member of the Society shall, for each year, pay to the Society such subscription as may be fixed from time to time by the Society in general meeting.

The subscription payable under paragraph 6 by a practising member (or the proportion of it so payable, calculated by reference to the number of months remaining in the practice year) shall be paid at the time of submission of his application for a practising certificate.

The. . . F2 subscription payable by a solicitor in respect of the year F3or part thereof in which he is first included in the roll of solicitors and in respect of each of the two years immediately following shall be one half of the amount of the. . . F2 subscription fixed under paragraph 6 F4(reduced, in the case of a solicitor first included in the roll for only part of a year, in that year proportionately).

The Society shall have power, subject to paragraphs 7B to 7D, to impose in respect of any year a special subscription on all members of the Society of such amount and payable at such time and for such specified purposes as it may determine.

The Society may determine that an imposition under paragraph 7A shall not be payable by any category of member or shall be abated as respects any category of member.

An imposition under paragraph 7A or a determination under that paragraph or paragraph 7B may be made only in general meeting.

No imposition may be made under paragraph 7A above unless a majority of those members F6voting at the general meeting at which it is proposed has, whether by proxy or otherwise, voted in favour of its being made.

Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the expenses of the Society shall be defrayed out of the subscriptions and other income received by the Society or the Council and out of other property belonging to the Society.

In this paragraph “expenses of the Society” includes the expenses of the Tribunal so far as not otherwise defrayed and any expenses incurred by the Council in the exercise of their functions under this Act, and the reasonable travelling and maintenance expenses of members of the Council or committees of the Council incurred in attending meetings of the Council or committees, or otherwise incurred in the business of the Society.

Paragraph 8 does not affect any trust constituted for a special purpose.