Part II Right to Practise as a Solicitor
Practising Certificates
21 Consultants to hold practising certificates.
(1)
A consultant shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a practising solicitor and the provisions relating to practising certificates and, subject to subsection (2), the Guarantee Fund shall apply to him.
(2)
The Council may if they think fit exempt a consultant from any of the provisions of section 43 or Schedule 3 (the Guarantee Fund).
(3)
In this section “consultant” means any solicitor who
F1(a)
not being in partnership with a solicitor or other solicitors causes or permits his name to be associated with the name of that solicitor or those solicitors or their firm’s name,
F2(b)
not being a director of an incorporated practice, causes or permits his name to be associated with that incorporated practice,
F3(c)
not being an owner, member or director of another form of authorised legal business, causes or permits their name to be associated with that business,
whether he is described as a consultant or adviser or in any other way.