{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-qualified-conveyancers-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/316",
  "legislation_title": "The Independent Qualified Conveyancers (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-qualified-conveyancers-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General Principles",
  "text": "In providing conveyancing services to a client, an independent qualified conveyancer shall at all times–\n(a) observe the law; and\n(b) ensure that he does not allow his independence to be impaired in any way,\nand, subject to those general duties,\n(c) provide adequate professional services;\n(d) act in the best interests of his client;\n(e) carry out his client’s instructions with the care and skill necessary to the matter in hand; and\n(f) advise his client when his client’s instructions are in respect of matters outwith his knowledge or professional competence or when he is unable to provide adequate professional services or when his client should consider instructing another independent qualified person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/316/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:43.789233+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."
}