# Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 24F: Suspension of registration certificate

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(1) If–
(a) in pursuance of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 a registered European lawyer is, by reason of mental disorder, detained in hospital;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) the estate of a registered European lawyer is sequestrated;
(d) a registered European lawyer grants a trust deed for behoof of creditors;
(e) a judicial factor is appointed on the estate of a registered European lawyer;
any registration certificate for the time being in force of that registered European lawyer shall cease to have effect, and he shall be suspended from practice as a registered European lawyer.
(1A) The Council may suspend from practice a registered European lawyer who—
(a) has been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty, or
(b) in respect of an offence, has been—
(i) fined an amount equivalent to level 4 on the standard scale or more (whether on summary or solemn conviction), or
(ii) sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 months or more.
(2) On the occurrence of any of the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) or (1A) , the registered European lawyer in question shall intimate those circumstances to the Council in writing immediately.
(3) On the occurrence of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection (1) the trustee or as the case may be the judicial factor shall intimate his appointment to the Council in writing immediately.

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