LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 31 Non-payment of contributions and levies by solicitors in respect of Indemnity Fund or Fidelity Fund

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 31

31 Non-payment of contributions and levies by solicitors in respect of Indemnity Fund or Fidelity Fund

The Law Society Council may refuse to issue a practising certificate if:

(a) the applicant is required by section 45 to contribute to the Indemnity Fund and the application is not accompanied by the contribution payable under that section, or

(b) the applicant is required by section 76 to contribute to the Fidelity Fund and the application is not accompanied by the contribution payable under that section, or

(c) any levy payable by the applicant under section 46, 46A or 77 is unpaid.

Note: Part 9 sets out further grounds on which the Law Society Council must refuse to issue a practising certificate to a solicitor or suspend a solicitor's practising certificate. These grounds relate to a failure by the solicitor to obtain fidelity insurance in respect of a regulated mortgage.