4Attendance at practice

4 Attendance at practice

(1)  [Rule 4 Subrule (1) substituted by S.R. 2003, No. 33, Applied:14 May 2003] [Rule 4 Subrule (1) substituted by S.R. 2020, No. 56, Applied:01 Oct 2020] A firm must not carry on a practice in any place unless a practitioner –

(a) is in charge of that practice at that place; and

(b) gives substantial attendance at that practice at that place during the normal hours of business of that practice at that place.

(1A)  [Rule 4 Subrule (1A) inserted by S.R. 2003, No. 33, Applied:14 May 2003] [Rule 4 Subrule (1A) substituted by S.R. 2020, No. 56, Applied:01 Oct 2020] A firm that carries on a practice in any place in accordance with subrule (1) must not carry on another practice in any other place that is a branch of that firm unless –

(a) a practitioner is in charge of the branch; and

(b) a notice, in an approved form, that contains the following information is publically displayed in a prominent area of the branch:

(i) the days, and times, when the practitioner who is in charge of the branch will be in attendance at that branch;

(ii) the contact details, at the other practice of the firm to which the branch relates, for the practitioner who is in charge of that branch.

(1B)  [Rule 4 Subrule (1B) inserted by S.R. 2003, No. 33, Applied:14 May 2003] A notice under subrule (1A)(b) is to be in a form approved by the Council.

(2)  [Rule 4 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2020, No. 56, Applied:01 Oct 2020] [Rule 4 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2003, No. 33, Applied:14 May 2003] A firm may apply to the Council for approval not to comply with or .