18In Schedule 2 to that Act after sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 there shall be inserted—
“(3A)The Council may require a solicitor to pay an annual contribution of a reduced amount where that payment is made with respect to a practising certificate which has a replacement date which is less than 12 months after the replacement date of the solicitor’s previous practising certificate.
(3B)Where it appears from his application for a practising certificate that a solicitor has not held or received clients' money at any time during the period specified in the application, the Council may require him—
(a)to pay an annual contribution of a specified reduced amount on that application, or
(b)to pay no annual contribution on that application.”