Legislation – Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025
Schedule 3Minor and consequential modifications of enactments
Part 4Miscellaneous modifications of the 1980 Act etc.
The roll and other registers
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(1)
The 1990 Act is amended as follows.
(2)
In section 17 (conveyancing practitioners)—
(a)
in subsection (1), for the words from “shall” to the end of the subsection substitute “must be accessible to, and searchable by, the public, free of charge, by such electronic means as the Council consider appropriate.”
,
(b)
“(9A)
On application to the Council from a conveyancing practitioner whose name has been removed from the register under subsection (9), the Council may, after such inquiry as they think proper, restore the name of that conveyancing practitioner to the register.
(9B)
Rules made by the Tribunal under section 52 of the 1980 Act may—
(a)
regulate the making, hearing and determining of applications under subsection (9A),
(b)
provide for payment by the applicant to the Council of such fee in respect of restoration to the register as the rules may specify.”.
(3)
In section 18 (executry practitioners)—
(a)
in subsection (1), for the words from “shall” to the end of the subsection substitute “must be accessible to, and searchable by, the public, free of charge, by such electronic means as the Council consider appropriate.”
,
(b)
“(8A)
On application to the Council from an executry practitioner whose name has been removed from the register under subsection (9), the Council may, after such inquiry as they think proper, restore the name of that executry practitioner, to the register.
(8B)
Rules made by the Tribunal under section 52 of the 1980 Act may—
(a)
regulate the making, hearing and determining of applications under subsection (8A),
(b)
provide for payment by the applicant to the Council of such fee in respect of restoration to the register as the rules may specify.”.