SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1S Amendments to Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

22SIn Schedule 2 (provisions regarding maintenance of roll of solicitors)—

(a)in paragraph 1, the words “The Lord President may authorise” shall cease to have effect and after the word “practicable” there shall be inserted the words “ shall have power ”; and accordingly in the heading to the Schedule, for the words “DIRECTIONS BY THE LORD PRESIDENT” there shall be substituted the words “ POWERS OF THE COUNCIL ”; and

(b)after paragraph 3 there shall be added the following paragraph—

4Subject to section 7(3), the Council may charge such reasonable fees (including an annual fee payable by enrolled solicitors) as they may fix in connection with the keeping of the roll..