# Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025, Section 79: Commission membership

Extent: S

(1) Schedule 1 (the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission) of the 2007 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 2 (membership of the Commission)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “8” substitute “at least 8 but no more than 20”,
(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “5” substitute “at least 4”,
(c) in sub-paragraph (4), after “be” insert “at least”,
(d) sub-paragraphs (5), (7) and (9) are repealed,
(e) in sub-paragraph (8), after “of lawyer members” insert “, but the number of non-lawyer members must not exceed the number of lawyer members by more than three”.
(3) In paragraph 3 (terms of appointment etc.)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “5” substitute “not less than 5 years and not exceeding 8”,
(b) sub-paragraph (5) is repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/8/section/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-legal-services-scotland-act-2025/section-79
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