Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010

136 Restoration to the roll

(1) In section 10 (restoration of name to roll on request) of the 1980 Act—

(a) after subsection (1) insert—

“(1ZA) Where the restoration of a solicitor’s name to the roll has been prohibited under section 53(2)(aa), the solicitor is entitled to have the solicitor’s name restored to the roll if (but only if) the Tribunal so orders—

(a) on an application made to it by the solicitor, and

(b) after such enquiry as it thinks proper.”,

(b) in subsection (1A), after “section 9” insert “(except where subsection (1ZA) applies)”,

(c) in subsection (2), after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1ZA)”.

(2) In section 53 (powers of Tribunal) of the 1980 Act, in subsection (2)—

(a) after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) if the solicitor’s name has been removed from the roll under section 9, by order prohibit the restoration of the solicitor’s name to the roll;”,

(b) the word “or” where it occurs immediately after any of paragraphs (a) to (e) is repealed.