Miscellaneous

Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal.
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In the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980—
a
in section 53 (powers of Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal)—
i
in subsection (2)(c) for the words “£250” there shall be substituted the words “ £2,500 ”; and
ii
at the end there shall be added the following subsection—
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The Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, amend paragraph (c) of subsection (2) by substituting for the amount for the time being specified in that paragraph such other amount as appears to him to be justified by a change in the value of money.
;
b
in Schedule 4, Part I (constitution of the tribunal)—
i
in paragraph 1(a), for “5” and “7” there shall be substituted, respectively, “ 10 ” and “ 14 ”;
ii
in paragraph 1(b), for the word “two” there shall be substituted “ 4 ”; and
iii
in paragraph 2 for the words “on the recommendation of the Council shall be eligible for re-appointment” there shall be substituted the words
in the case—
a
of a lay member, may be re-appointed by the Lord President; and
b
of a solicitor member, may be so re-appointed on the recommendation of the Council
.
The text of ss. 2(3), 4, 5, 7–10, 13–16, 17(4), 19, 21, 22(1)(a)(b)(d), 24, Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
1980 c. 46.