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Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025

Section 44 – Practice rules

116.This section states what practice rules under section 41 are about and sets out some particular matters that they must include, such as the operation and administration of authorised legal businesses, the standards they must meet and operational positions within them. The practice rules must also include rules on accounting and auditing, professional indemnity and the making and handling of complaints. They must set out the measures that a category 1 regulator may take where an authorised legal business has breached the regulatory scheme or a complaint against it is upheld.

117.The rules must also require authorised legal businesses to adhere to the professional principles.

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