sec.696Rules

### sec.696 Rules The law society may make rules (the society rules ) for the following purposes— to define, and carry out, the objects of the law society; for the regulation and good government of the law society and its members; to provide for the way of electing or appointing the presidential members and other council members, and filling a vacancy of a council member, other than an appointed member or person appointed because the person is the immediate past president; to regulate council meetings and the conduct of business at the meetings; the custody and use of the law society’s common seal; the admission, re-admission, resignation, and expulsion of members of the law society; to fix fees, levies and subscriptions in relation to membership of the law society and to recover unpaid fees, levies and subscriptions; to waive compliance with the society rules, in whole or in part, absolutely or conditionally, in relation to a member or a class of members. Society rules must be made by resolution of the council. s 696 amd 2010 No. 42 s 138 sch (sec.696-ssec.1) The law society may make rules (the society rules ) for the following purposes— to define, and carry out, the objects of the law society; for the regulation and good government of the law society and its members; to provide for the way of electing or appointing the presidential members and other council members, and filling a vacancy of a council member, other than an appointed member or person appointed because the person is the immediate past president; to regulate council meetings and the conduct of business at the meetings; the custody and use of the law society’s common seal; the admission, re-admission, resignation, and expulsion of members of the law society; to fix fees, levies and subscriptions in relation to membership of the law society and to recover unpaid fees, levies and subscriptions; to waive compliance with the society rules, in whole or in part, absolutely or conditionally, in relation to a member or a class of members. (sec.696-ssec.2) Society rules must be made by resolution of the council. - (a) to define, and carry out, the objects of the law society; - (b) for the regulation and good government of the law society and its members; - (c) to provide for the way of electing or appointing the presidential members and other council members, and filling a vacancy of a council member, other than an appointed member or person appointed because the person is the immediate past president; - (d) to regulate council meetings and the conduct of business at the meetings; - (e) the custody and use of the law society’s common seal; - (f) the admission, re-admission, resignation, and expulsion of members of the law society; - (g) to fix fees, levies and subscriptions in relation to membership of the law society and to recover unpaid fees, levies and subscriptions; - (h) to waive compliance with the society rules, in whole or in part, absolutely or conditionally, in relation to a member or a class of members.