Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010

16 Other licensing rules

(1) Licensing rules may allow for—

(a) an applicant to be issued with a provisional licence—

(i) in anticipation of its becoming (or becoming eligible to be) a licensed provider, and

(ii) whose full effect as a licence is conditional on its becoming a licensed provider (and such other relevant matters as the rules may specify), or

(b) a licensed provider to be issued with a provisional licence—

(i) in anticipation of its transferring to the regulation of the approved regulator, and

(ii) whose full effect as a licence is conditional on the transfer occurring (and such other relevant matters as the rules may specify).

(2) Licensing rules must—

(a) state that a licence application may be refused on the ground that the applicant appears to be incapable (for any reason) of complying with the regulatory scheme,

(b) provide for grounds for non-renewal, revocation or suspension of a licence where the licensed provider is breaching (or has breached) the regulatory scheme.