Paragraph 2 F1

England and Wales

(1)

The Council shall consist of—

(a)

not more than ten persons who are—

(i)

licensed conveyancers; F2...

(F3ia)

licensed CLC practitioners; or

(ii)

other persons practising as authorised persons in the course of a business which is carried on F4either by a recognised body or by a licensed body which holds a licence granted by the Council ; and

(b)

not more than eleven persons who are lay persons,

being persons appointed as members of the Council in accordance with a scheme under paragraph 4.

(2)

The Council shall in accordance with any such scheme appoint one of its members to be chairman of the Council.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

“authorised person” has the meaning given by section 32A;
“lay person” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (see paragraph 2 of that Schedule).
F5“licensed body” has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 71).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 para. 2 substituted (30.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(3), 9(2)
F2: Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(i) omitted (29.6.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 8(a); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)
F3: Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a), (ia) inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 8(b); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)
F4: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(ii) substituted (12.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(4), 9(3)(a); S.I. 2011/2038
F5: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(3) inserted (12.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(4), 9(3)(b); S.I. 2011/2038