Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16)

Part 4 The legal profession

Chapter 3 Solicitors and other representatives

The Law Society

131 Acting as approved regulator

After section 1 of the 1980 Act insert—

“1A Power to act as statutory regulator

The Society may—

(a) act as an approved regulator within the meaning of Part 2 of the 2010 Act,

(b) do anything that is necessary or expedient for the purposes of doing so.”.