Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 46)

Part II S Right to Practise as a Solicitor

[F1 Register of European lawyersF1 S

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)

F2 12C Removal of name from register on request S

[F3 (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 shallF4 ... remove the name of that solicitor, or, as the case may be, the annotation against his name, from the register.]]

[F5 (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

F2 Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)

F3 S. 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)

F4 Words in s. 12C(1) repealed (1.5.2011) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 135(2)(b), 150(2); S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 4(a)

F5 S. 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)