3.—(1) The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980(1) is amended in accordance with this article.
(2) For section 3A(5)(b)(i) substitute—
“(i)whether paragraph (a) or (d) of the said section 20(1) applies to the practitioner;”.
(3) In section 53(2)(c) for “(3)” substitute “(3ZA)”.
1980 c.46; relevantly amended by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland Act 2003 (asp 14), section 1 (which inserted section 3A) and by the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, schedule 5, paragraph 1(19)(a) (which inserted section 53(3ZA)).