The Advisory Committee shall have the general duty of assisting in the maintenance and development of standards in the education, training and conduct of those offering legal services.
The Advisory Committee shall carry out that general duty by performing the functions conferred on it by Schedule 2.
In discharging its functions the Advisory Committee shall—
where it considers it appropriate, have regard to the practices and procedures of other member States in relation to the provision of legal services;
have regard to the desirability of equality of opportunity between persons seeking to practise any profession, pursue any career or take up any employment, in connection with the provision of legal services.