Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

10 Restoration of name to roll on request.S

(1)A solicitor. . . F1 whose name has been struck off the roll other than by order of the Court, shall only be entitled to have his name restored to the roll, if on an application in that behalf made by him to the Tribunal and after such inquiry as the Tribunal thinks proper, the Tribunal so orders.

[F2(1A)On an application to the Council from a solicitor whose name [F3, or any annotation against whose name,] has been removed from the roll under section 9 the Council may, after such inquiry as they think proper, restore the name of that solicitor [F4or, as the case may be, the annotation,] to the roll.]

(2)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 roll as the rules may specify.

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