{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2019/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2019/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1185",
  "legislation_title": "The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "President and Vice Presidents",
  "text": "(1) The President holding office at the date these Rules come into force may not hold the office of President for a total period exceeding six years and will only be eligible for re-election as President if he or she has not previously been re-elected as President.\n(2) The Tribunal, by a simple majority, must elect a solicitor member to be its President to hold office for a term not exceeding three years and the member so elected may be re-elected for a further term not exceeding three years.\n(3) The Tribunal, by a simple majority, must elect one solicitor member and one lay member to be its Vice Presidents for a term not exceeding three years and the members so elected may be re-elected for a further term not exceeding three years. The Vice Presidents may exercise any functions as are exercisable under these Rules by the President, as the President may direct.\n(4) The Tribunal must meet at least once in each calendar year and must publish an annual report, a copy of which must be sent to the Master of the Rolls, the Society and the Legal Services Board.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 7 in force at 25.11.2019, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1185/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:07.129208+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."
}