20 Council’s duty to supply lists of solicitors holding practising certificates.S
(1)The Council shall send a list of all solicitors holding practising certificates for the practice year then current—
(a)to the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland; [F1and]
[F2(ab)to the Principal Clerk of Session;]
(b)to each sheriff clerk;
as soon as practicable after 1st December in each year.
[F3X1(2)The Council shall send a list of all such solicitors carrying on business in Edinburgh to the Principal Clerk of Session as soon as practicable after 1st December in each year.]
[F3X1(2)The Council shall send a list of all solicitors who have rights of audience in—
(a)the Court of Session, to—
(i)the Principal Clerk of Session;
(ii)the Principal Clerk of the Judicial Office of the House of Lords; and
(iii)the Registrar to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;
and
(b)the High Court of Justiciary, to the Principal Clerk of Justiciary,
as soon as practicable after 1st December in each year; and where, by virtue of an order under section 53(2)(ba), 53A(2)(ba) or 55(1)(ba), a solicitor’s right of audience in any of those courts is suspended or revoked, the Council shall forthwith inform the persons mentioned in this subsection of that fact.]
(3)The Council shall notfiy those persons to whom they have sent lists under this section of any changes in those lists.
Editorial Information
X1S. 20(2) beginning “The Council shall send a list of all solicitors who have rights of audience” substituted (prosp.) for s. 20(2) beginning “The Council shall send a list of all such solicitors carrying on business in Edinburgh” by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), ss. 74, 75(2), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 29(4)(b)
Textual Amendments
F1Word repealed (prosp.) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), ss. 74, 75(2), Sch. 9
F2S. 20(1)(ab) inserted (prosp.) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), ss. 74, 75(2), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 29(4)(a)
F3S. 20(2) beginning “The Council shall send a list of all solicitors who have rights of audience” substituted (prosp.) for s. 20(2) beginning “The Council shall send a list of all such solicitors carrying on business in Edinburgh” by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), ss. 74, 75(2), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 29(4)(b)