# Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 24: Saving of public officials.


Nothing in this Act shall require a practising certificate to be taken out by a person who is by law authorised to act as a solicitor to a public department without admission, or by any assistant or officer appointed to act under the direction of any such solicitor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-24
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