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Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

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3F Meaning of “regulatory functions”

(1) For the purposes of sections 3B to 3E, the Council's “regulatory functions” are their functions of regulating in respect of any matter the professional practice, conduct and discipline of— (a) solicitors (including firms of solicitors) and authorised legal businesses and incorporated practices, (b) other legal practitioners, for example— (i) registered European or foreign lawyers, (ii) conveyancing or executry practitioners. (2) Those functions include (in particular) their functions as to— (a) setting standards of qualification, education and training, (b) admission of persons to the profession, (c) keeping the roll and other registers, (d) administering the Guarantee Fund, (e) making regulatory rules under any relevant enactment. (3) In subsection (1)(b)(ii), the reference to conveyancing or executry practitioners is to be construed in accordance with section 23 of the 1990 Act.

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3F Meaning of “regulatory functions”

(1) For the purposes of sections 3B to 3E, the Council's “regulatory functions” are their functions of regulating in respect of any matter the professional practice, conduct and discipline of— (a) solicitors (including firms of solicitors) and authorised legal businesses and incorporated practices, (b) other legal practitioners, for example— (i) registered European or foreign lawyers, (ii) conveyancing or executry practitioners. (2) Those functions include (in particular) their functions as to— (a) setting standards of qualification, education and training, (b) admission of persons to the profession, (c) keeping the roll and other registers, (d) administering the Guarantee Fund, (e) making regulatory rules under any relevant enactment. (3) In subsection (1)(b)(ii), the reference to conveyancing or executry practitioners is to be construed in accordance with section 23 of the 1990 Act.

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