Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

[F1 3C Particular rules applying S

(1) The following particular rules apply as respects the regulatory committee—

(a) the committee's membership may include persons who are not members of the Council,

(b) at least 50% of the committee's membership is to comprise lay persons,

(c) lay persons, where they are not members of the Council, are appointable to the committee if they would be appointable to the Council as non-solicitor members (see paragraph 3A(3) of Schedule 1),

(d) the committee is to appoint one of its lay members as its convener,

(e) if the convener is not present at a meeting of the committee, another of its lay members is to chair the meeting.

(2) Any sub-committee of the regulatory committee (formed under section 3A(2)(a)) is subject to the particular rules applying as respects the regulatory committee, except that—

(a) a meeting of the sub-committee need not be chaired by one of its lay members,

(b) it may co-opt members from outside the membership of the regulatory committee.

(3) Nothing done by the regulatory committee (or a sub-committee of it) is invalid solely because of a temporary shortfall in the number of its lay members.

(4) In subsection (1)(b), “lay persons” are persons who are not—

(a) solicitors,

(b) advocates,

(c) conveyancing or executry practitioners as defined in section 23 of the 1990 Act,

(d) those having a right to conduct litigation, or a right of audience, by virtue of section 27 of the 1990 Act, or

(e) confirmation agents or will writers within the meaning of Part 3 of the 2010 Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 3B-3G inserted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 1.6.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 133(2), 150(2); S.S.I. 2011/180, arts. 3, 5(d), sch.