# The Independent Qualified Conveyancers (Scotland) Regulations 1997, Regulation 19: Avoidance of delay


(1) An independent qualified conveyancer providing conveyancing services for a client shall, subject to the instructions of that client, provide those services with reasonable expedition.
(2) Subject to regulation 22(c), an independent qualified conveyancer providing conveyancing services for a client shall not delay in the completion of a transaction or refuse to complete it on the ground that any fee due to the independent qualified conveyancer in respect of those services remains unpaid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/316/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/independent-qualified-conveyancers-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-19
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