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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/executry-practitioners-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-29",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/317",
  "legislation_title": "The Executry Practitioners (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/executry-practitioners-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Educational qualifications",
  "text": "(1) The educational qualifications which an executry practitioner must have before his name can be entered in the register of executry practitioners are that he must have obtained, whether before or after the date of coming into force of these Regulations–\n(a) a degree in law awarded by a university in Scotland or a specified institution, which–\n(i) in a case where the degree is, either an Ordinary degree awarded before 1st January 1980 or an Honours degree awarded before 1st January 1981, includes passes in the subjects which are required for admission to the Diploma in Legal Practice offered by a university in Scotland in 1980 or which are, in the opinion of the Board, equivalent to those so required; or\n(ii) in any other case includes passes in the subjects required for admission to the Diploma in Legal Practice offered by a university in Scotland in the year in which the degree was awarded; or\n(b) a diploma or certificate in executry practice awarded by a university in Scotland or a specified institution after a course of study of at least one full-time academic year or its part-time equivalent; or\n(c) any qualification awarded by the Law Society of Scotland which, in the opinion of the Board, is equivalent to the degree, diploma or certificate referred to in (a) or (b) above; or\n(d) any qualification awarded by a university or similar institution or professional body outwith Scotland which is equivalent to the degree, diploma or certificate referred to in (a) or (b) above together with, except where such qualification is awarded in another relevant state, an aptitude certificate in executry practice in Scotland awarded by a university in Scotland or a specified institution.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation–\n“aptitude certificate in executry practice” means a certificate awarded to a person after he has passed a test of his professional knowledge which is conducted with the aim of assessing his ability to provide executry services in Scotland;\n“specified institution” means an institution specified as competent to grant a degree, diploma or certificate, as the case may be by virtue of section 48 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;\n“another relevant state” means a relevant state other than the United Kingdom;\n“member state” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the European Communities Act 1972;\n“relevant state” means a member state, Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/317/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:42.983439+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}