# Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 13: Applications for practising certificates.


(1) Subject to this section and sections 14 to 24, the Council may make rules with respect to—
(a) applications for practising certificates;
(b) the issue of practising certificates;
(c) the keeping of a register of applications for and the issue of practising certificates.
(2) Any person may inspect the register during office hours without payment.
(3) The making of a false statement by a solicitor in an application for a practising certificate may be treated as professional misconduct by him for the purposes of Part IV, unless he proves the statement was made without intention to deceive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-13
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