# The European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (revoked) S.S.I. 2000/121 · made 27 April 2000 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text LEGAL PROFESSION Made 27th April 2000 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 28th April 2000 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: INTRODUCTORY ## 1 Citation, commencement, transitional and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Purpose of Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exchange of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BY A REGISTERED EUROPEAN LAWYER ## 6 Practice of professional activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Title and description to be used by a registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Joint practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Name of joint practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Notification of joint practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Representation in legal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Property transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Executries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Legal aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: REGISTRATION ## 15 Establishment and maintenance of registers of registered European lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Application to be entered on a register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Registration by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Restrictions on registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Time limit for decision and notification by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Appeal by European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Offence of pretending to be a registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Fees, rewards, outlays and expenses of an unregistered European lawyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Evidence of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Publication of names of registered European lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: REGULATION AND DISCIPLINE ## 25 Rules of professional conduct applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Disciplinary proceedings applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Disciplinary proceedings against a registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Disciplinary proceedings against a solicitor or advocate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: ENTRY INTO THE PROFESSION OF SOLICITOR OR ADVOCATE ## 29 Application by registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Decision by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Evidence in support of application for exemption under regulation 29(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Evidence in support of application for exemption under regulation 29(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Meaning of “effectively and regularly pursued” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Time limit for decision and notification by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Appeal by registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Practice under the title of solicitor or advocate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS ## 37 Modification and extension of enactments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITORS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1980 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: APPLICATION, EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS TO REGISTERED EUROPEAN LAWYERS ### Part I: SOLICITORS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1980 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: OTHER ENACTMENTS AND PROVISIONS ## 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Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.