19 January 2007
56.Section 27 requires an annual general levy to be paid to the Commission in respect of each financial year by solicitors holding a practising certificate, advocates practising as such, conveyancing or executry practitioners and persons exercising a right to conduct litigation or a right of audience acquired by virtue of section 27 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990. The levy is to be collected from its members by each relevant professional organisation and paid to the Commission.
57.The Commission may recover any unpaid sum and the interest due for late payment as a debt from the professional organisation liable to pay it. The professional organisation may recover any unpaid levy and the interest as a debt from the practitioner who has not paid. Late payment or a failure to pay the levy by a practitioner may be treated as professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct.