13 Applications for practising certificates.S
(1)Subject to this section and sections 14 to 24, the Council may make rules with respect to—
(a)applications for practising certificates;
(b)the issue of practising certificates;
(c)the keeping of a register of applications for and the issue of practising certificates.
(2)Any person may inspect the register during office hours without payment.
(3)The making of a false statement by a solicitor in an application for a practising certificate may be treated as professional misconduct by him for the purposes of Part IV, unless he proves the statement was made without intention to deceive.