{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/schedule-1/paragraph-7A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/46",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Society shall have power, subject to paragraphs 7B to 7D, to impose in respect of any year\n(a) a special subscription on all members of the Society of such amount and payable at such time and for such specified purposes as it may determine , or\n(b) a special charge on all authorised legal businesses of such amount and payable at such time and for such specified purpose as it may determine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Paras. 7A–7D inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 7(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 7A renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 7A(a) (1.7.2026 for specified purposes) by Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 8), s. 103(3), sch. 1 para. 38(4); S.S.I. 2026/96, reg. 2(3)(4), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 7A(b) and word inserted (1.7.2026 for specified purposes) by Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 8), s. 103(3), sch. 1 para. 38(4); S.S.I. 2026/96, reg. 2(3)(4), sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/schedule/1/paragraph/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:15.254365+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."
}