Act of Sederunt (Solicitor’s Right of Audience) 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/1215
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Solicitor’s Right of Audience) 1993 and shall come into force on 12th May 1993.

(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Act of Sederunt–

“the President” means the President of the Society for the time being, in his capacity as an office bearer of the Society;

“a right of audience by virtue of section 25A of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980”( ) means a right of audience in, on the one hand, the Court of Session, the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council or, on the other hand, the High Court of Justiciary; and

“the Society” means the Law Society of Scotland established under the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.

Section 3 Right of Audience

The President shall have a right of audience in the Outer House of the Court of Session for the purpose only of introducing to the court solicitors who have acquired a right of audience by virtue of section 25A of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 and inviting the Lord Ordinary to administer the appropriate declaration.