Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

Amendment of section 73 of Principal Act.

7.—(1) Section 73 (as amended by the Act of 1960) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (3) and (4):

“(3) A committee under this section may include solicitors who are not members of the Council and persons who are not solicitors, but where functions of the Society which are performable by the Council are delegated to a committee, at least two-thirds of the members of the committee and of any quorum of the committee shall be members of the Council.

(4) Where functions of the Society which are performable by the Council are delegated to a committee under this section, that committee, in the performance of all or any of its delegated functions, may sit in one or more divisions, provided that—

(a) the quorum of such committee or any division of such committee shall be three, and

(b) where there are one or more members of such committee who are not solicitors, the quorum of such committee or any division of such committee shall include at least one of such members.”.

(2) Section 73 (as amended by the Act of 1960) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (9):

“(9) A member of a committee under the section, who was a member of the Council at the date of his appointment, may act on the committee notwithstanding the fact that he has ceased to be a member of the Council and, for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section, he shall be regarded as a member of the Council.

(10) Where the Council has delegated functions to a committee under subsection (1) of this section, that committee may, subject to the prior approval of the Council, delegate any of such functions to a designated senior officer or senior officers for the time being appointed by the Society for that purpose, with or without restrictions, for such period as the committee may specify with the approval of the Council, and the committee or the Council may revoke such delegation with or without notice.”.