# Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 3A


(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of paragraph 3(bza).
(2) Persons are electable, or eligible to be co-opted, as solicitor members if they are members of the Society.
(3) Persons are appointable as non-solicitor members if they appear to the Council—
(a) to be qualified to represent the interests of the public in relation to the provision of legal services in Scotland, or
(b) having regard to the Society's functions, to be suitable in other respects.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/schedule/1/paragraph/3A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/schedule-1/paragraph-3A
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