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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-12B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-12B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/46",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/12B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12B",
  "heading": "Information to be provided by registered European lawyers",
  "text": "(1) Any registered European lawyer–\n(a) shall, on registration, inform the Council in writing of the address of his place of business, his home professional title, and the name and address of the competent authority with which he is registered in his home state; and\n(b) shall thereafter inform the Council of any change to the information required under paragraph (a) above.\n(2) The Council shall issue a registration to any registered European lawyer who applies for it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 12A-12D inserted (22.5.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1(1), 37(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/8",
      "affecting_title": "Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/12B",
    "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."
}