Section 2 Training regulations.C1

England and Wales

(1)

The Society F1. . . may make regulations (in this Act referred to as “training regulations”) about education and training for persons seeking to be admitted or to practise as solicitors.

F2(2)

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(3)

Training regulations—

(a)

may prescribe—

(i)

the education and training F3. . . to be undergone by persons seeking admission as solicitors;

(ii)

any education or training to be undergone by persons who have been admitted as solicitors;

(iii)

the examinations or other tests to be undergone by persons seeking admission as solicitors or who have been admitted;

(iv)

the qualifications and reciprocal duties and responsibilities of persons undertaking to give education or training for the purposes of the regulations or undergoing such education or training; and

(v)

the circumstances in which F4. . . education or training under the regulations may be F5started or terminated;

(b)

may require persons who have been admitted as solicitors to hold practising certificates while they are undergoing education or training under the regulations;

(c)

may include provision for the charging of fees by the Society and the application of fees which the Society receives;

(d)

may make different provision for different classes of persons and different circumstances.

(4)

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(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 2(1) repealed (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 4(a), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii)(i)
F2: S. 2(2) repealed (1.4.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 20; S.I. 1991/608, art. 2, Sch.
F3: Words in s. 2(3)(a)(i) repealed (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 4(b)(i), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(i)(n)(i)
F4: Words in s. 2(3)(a)(v) repealed (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 4(b)(ii), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(i)(n)(i)
F5: Words in s. 2(3)(a)(v) inserted (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 4(b)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(i)
F6: S. 2(4) repealed (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 4(c), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii)(i)
F7: S. 2(5) repealed (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 4(c), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii)(i)

Modifications

C1: S. 2 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 1(1)