# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Paragraph 2

Extent: S

A person appointed as the chairman or a deputy chairman shall be a practising—
(a) advocate; or
(b) solicitor,
of not less than ten years’ standing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/schedule/8/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-8/paragraph-2
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