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Paragraph 4 I1

(1)

In appointing members of the Solicitors Complaints Committee, the Law Society must ensure that—

(a)

a majority of the members of the Committee are lay persons; and

(b)

none of the members of the Committee are members of the Council of the Law Society.

(2)

The chair of the Solicitors Complaints Committee must be a lay person.

(3)

In this Schedule a reference to a lay person is a reference to a person who is not and has never been a barrister or solicitor.

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Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 para. 4 in operation at 1.9.2025 by S.R. 2025/143, art. 2(1)