# Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 6B


(1) The Society may, in accordance with its authorisation rules made in pursuance of section 42(1)(e) of the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025 charge an annual fee in relation to the authorisation of legal businesses (and may charge different fees based on such criteria (such as the size or financial performance of the business) as the rules may specify).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 6, the Society in general meeting—
(a) is to take into account the amount of any annual authorisation fee payable under sub-paragraph (1) when fixing subscriptions under paragraph 6, and
(b) in so doing, may elect to fix a subscription of £0 for members (or categories of member) if it considers the annual authorisation fees payable under sub-paragraph (1) sufficient.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/schedule/1/paragraph/6B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/schedule-1/paragraph-6B
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