Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025

Prospective

79Commission membershipS

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(1)Schedule 1 (the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission) of the 2007 Act is amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph 2 (membership of the Commission)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “8” substitute “at least 8 but no more than 20”,

(b)in sub-paragraph (3), for “5” substitute “at least 4”,

(c)in sub-paragraph (4), after “be” insert “at least”,

(d)sub-paragraphs (5), (7) and (9) are repealed,

(e)in sub-paragraph (8), after “of lawyer members” insert “, but the number of non-lawyer members must not exceed the number of lawyer members by more than three”.

(3)In paragraph 3 (terms of appointment etc.)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for “5” substitute “not less than 5 years and not exceeding 8”,

(b)sub-paragraph (5) is repealed.

Commencement Information

I1S. 79 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 103(3)