Section 1: Qualifications for practising as solicitor.

Solicitors Act 1974 · 1974 c.47

Part I: Right to Practise as Solicitor

No person shall be qualified to act as a solicitor unless—

(a) he has been admitted as a solicitor, and

(b) his name is on the roll, and

(c) he has in force a certificate issued by the Society in accordance with the provisions of this Part authorising him to practise as a solicitor (in this Act referred to as a "practising certificate").

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