Part II Right to Practise as a Solicitor
Practising Certificates
21 Consultants to hold practising certificates.
1
A consultant shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a practising solicitor and the provisions relating to practising certificates and, subject to subsection (2), the Guarantee Fund shall apply to him.
2
The Council may if they think fit exempt a consultant from any of the provisions of section 43 or Schedule 3 (the Guarantee Fund).
3
In this section “consultant” means any solicitor who
F1a
not being in partnership with a solicitor or other solicitors causes or permits his name to be associated with the name of that solicitor or those solicitors or their firm’s name,
F2b
not being a director of an incorporated practice, causes or permits his name to be associated with that incorporated practice,
whether he is described as a consultant or adviser or in any other way.