1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Licensed Legal Services (Specification of Regulated Professions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 2nd July 2012, or, if later, on the day after the day on which they are made.
2Regulated Professions#
In connection with section 49(2)(b) and (3) (majority ownership) of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010—
(a)only a profession specified in the column headed “profession” of the table set out in the Schedule is to be regarded as a regulated profession;
(b)subject to paragraph (c), only a person who is entitled to practise any such profession under the regulation of the professional association specified in the corresponding entry in the column headed “professional association” of that table is to be regarded as a member of that profession;
(c)where, in respect of any such profession, any requirements are specified in the corresponding entry in the column headed “other requirements” of that table, a person is only to be regarded as a member of that profession where he or she—
(i)is regulated by the professional association specified in the corresponding entry in the column headed “professional association” of that table; and
(ii)satisfies those requirements.
Schedule · Regulated Professions
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