# Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 4: Qualifications for practising as a solicitor.


No person shall be qualified to practise as a solicitor unless—
(a) he has been admitted as a solicitor; and
(b) his name is on the roll; and
(c) subject to section 24, he has in force a certificate issued by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Part authorising him to practise as a solicitor (referred to in this Act as a “practising certificate”).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-4
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