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Solicitors Act 1974

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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What to do with it
As published

80 Powers to act on behalf of Society.

(1) Anything authorised or required to be done by the Society under or in pursuance of this Act or any other enactment (or of any instrument made under this Act or any other enactment) may be done on behalf of the Society by the Council; and the power to delegate functions conferred by section 79 shall include power to delegate functions exercisable by the Council by virtue of this subsection. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In any proceedings a document purporting to be certified by the Secretary of the Society as a copy of a resolution passed by the Council or a committee of the Council or sub–committee on a specified date shall be evidence that that resolution was duly passed by the Council , committee or sub–committee on that date.

Your change, as a redline

80 Powers to act on behalf of Society.

(1) Anything authorised or required to be done by the Society under or in pursuance of this Act or any other enactment (or of any instrument made under this Act or any other enactment) may be done on behalf of the Society by the Council; and the power to delegate functions conferred by section 79 shall include power to delegate functions exercisable by the Council by virtue of this subsection. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In any proceedings a document purporting to be certified by the Secretary of the Society as a copy of a resolution passed by the Council or a committee of the Council or sub–committee on a specified date shall be evidence that that resolution was duly passed by the Council , committee or sub–committee on that date.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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