HC Deb 20 October 2003 vol 411 c467

Amendment made: No. 39, in page 56, line 13, leave out subsection (3) and insert—

'(3) For subsection (1) substitute—

"(1) The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, may appoint as Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court a person who is—

  1. (a) a solicitor of the Supreme Court of at least 7 years' standing, or
  2. (b) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing.'"[Mr. Leslie.]

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