Legislation – Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025
Schedule 3Minor and consequential modifications of enactments
Part 1Regulatory framework
Regulatory objectives and professional principles
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(1)
The 2010 Act is amended as follows.
(2)
Section 1 (regulatory objectives) is repealed.
(3)
Section 2 (professional principles) is repealed.
(4)
The title of Part 1 becomes “MEANING OF LEGAL SERVICES AND ROLE OF MINISTERS”
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(5)
In section 4 (ministerial oversight), in subsection (2)(a), after “objectives” insert “(see section 149(2))”
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(6)
In section 6 (approved regulators), subsection (3)(b) is repealed.
(7)
In section 36 (review of own performance), subsection (2)(a) is repealed.
(8)
In section 37 (monitoring by Ministers), subsection (2)(a) is repealed.
(9)
In section 48 (eligibility criteria), subsection (1)(b) is repealed.
(10)
In section 50 (key duties), subsection (1)(a) is repealed.
(11)
In section 69 (inability to operate), in subsection (1)(a), the words “or 49” are repealed.
(12)
Section 77 (role of approved regulators) is repealed.
(13)
Section 78 (policy statement) is repealed.
(14)
Section 119 (application by the profession) is repealed.
(15)
In section 146 (regulations), subsection (3)(a)(vii) is repealed.
(16)
Section 147 (further modification) is repealed.
(17)
“(d)
(18)
“legal services
section 3
professional principles
section 149(2)(d)
regulatory objectives
section 149(2)(e)”.