SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Minor Amendments of Solicitors Act 1974

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In section 79 (committees of the Council)—

a

at the beginning of subsection (2), insert " Subject to subsection (5),";

b

in subsection (3), after " not members of the Council" insert " , and such persons need be neither members of the Society nor solicitors " ; and

c

after subsection (4), insert—

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Any committee to which any functions exercisable by the Council under section 44A or 44B are delegated in pursuance of subsection (1) shall include—

a

one or more persons who are solicitors but not members of the Council; and

b

one or more persons who are neither solicitors nor barristers,

as the Master of the Rolls may from time to time determine ; but before determining the number of persons to be included under either of paragraphs (a) and (b) the Master of the Rolls shall consult the Council.

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The persons to be appointed by the Council to any committee pursuant to subsection (5) shall be nominated by the Master of the Rolls.

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The validity of any proceedings of a committee to which subsection (5) applies shall not be affected by any casual vacancy among the persons appointed to it pursuant to that subsection.