# The European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007, Regulation 2: Transitional provisions


(1) In this regulation “relevant lawyer” means a European lawyer, as defined in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 as amended by these Regulations, who satisfies either or both of the conditions set out in paragraph (2) of this regulation.
(2) Those conditions are–
(a) that person is a national of either Bulgaria or Romania;
(b) that person is authorised in either of those States to pursue professional activities under any of the professional titles appearing in regulation 2(4), as amended by regulation 3 of these Regulations, opposite the name of that State.
(3) Regulations 21 (offence of pretending to be a registered European lawyer) and 22 (fees, rewards, outlays and expenses of an unregistered European lawyer) apply to a relevant lawyer only as from 25th March 2008.
(4) Regulation 1(2) to (5) (citation, commencement, transitional and extent) applies to a relevant lawyer with the following modifications:–
(a) for “22nd May 2000”, where it occurs in paragraph (2), substitute “25th September 2007”;
(b) for “21st November 2000”, wherever it occurs, substitute “24th March 2008”; and
(c) for “22nd November 2000”, wherever it occurs, substitute “25th March 2008”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/358/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-lawyers-practice-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.