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; F1 . . .
[F2(ab)to the Principal Clerk of Session;]
(b)to each sheriff clerk;
as soon as practicable after 1st December in each year.
[F3(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.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 20(1)(a) repealed (3.6.1991) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), s. 74, Sch. 9; S.I. 1991/1252, art. 3, Sch. 1
F2S. 20(1)(ab) inserted (3.6.1991) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), s. 74, Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 29(4)(a); S.I. 1991/1252, art. 3, Sch.1
F3S. 20(2) substituted (3.6.1991) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), s. 74, Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 29(4)(b); S.I. 1991/1252, art. 3, Sch.1