{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/46",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Membership of Society.",
  "text": "(1) Every solicitor having in force a practising certificate shall be a member of the Society.\n(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Council may admit as a member of the Society any solicitor not having in force a practising certificate on such terms and conditions (including the payment by him of a reduced annual subscription) as they may determine.\n(3) Subject to subsection (2), a solicitor shall—\n(a) be treated as if he were not a member of the Society while suspended from practice as a solicitor under any enactment;\n(b) cease to be a member of the Society when his practising certificate ceases to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/2",
    "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."
}