[F12(1)The Council shall consist of—E+W
(a)not more than ten persons who are—
(i)licensed conveyancers; F2...
[F3(ia)licensed CLC practitioners; or]
(ii)other persons practising as authorised persons in the course of a business which is carried on [F4either by a recognised body or by a licensed body which holds a licence granted by the Council] ; and
(b)not more than eleven persons who are lay persons,
being persons appointed as members of the Council in accordance with a scheme under paragraph 4.
(2)The Council shall in accordance with any such scheme appoint one of its members to be chairman of the Council.
(3)In sub-paragraph (1)—
“authorised person” has the meaning given by section 32A;
“lay person” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (see paragraph 2 of that Schedule).]
[F5“licensed body” has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 71).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 para. 2 substituted (30.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(3), 9(2)
F2Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(i) omitted (29.6.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 8(a); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)
F3Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a), (ia) inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 8(b); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)
F4Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(ii) substituted (12.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(4), 9(3)(a); S.I. 2011/2038
F5Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(3) inserted (12.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(4), 9(3)(b); S.I. 2011/2038