Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010

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2(1)It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with a requirement imposed on the person by paragraph 1.S

(2)A person who commits an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(3)It is a defence for a person prosecuted for an offence under sub-paragraph (1) to show that at the relevant time the person had no knowledge, and could not reasonably be expected to have knowledge, of the information in question.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 8 para. 2 in force at 1.4.2011 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 3, Sch.

I2Sch. 8 para. 2 in force at 2.7.2012 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2012/152, art. 2, Sch.