Part I Organisation
The Council of the Law Society
3CF1Particular rules applying
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.