65 Interpretation
Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (1980 c 46) | Legislation

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(1)     In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires—

“accounts rules†has the meaning given by section 35;

“accountant's certificate rules†has the meaning given by section 37(3);

[“accounts fee†has the meaning given by section 37A(1);]

“advocate†means a member of the Faculty of Advocates;

[“anti-money laundering fee†has the meaning given by section 37A(1);]

[“building society†means a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986;]

[“citizens advice body†means an association which is formed (and operates)—

(a)     otherwise than for the purpose of making a profit, and

(b)     with the sole or primary objective of providing legal and other advice (including information) to the public for no fee, gain or reward;]

“client account†means a current or deposit or savings account [at a bank or with a building society], or a deposit receipt, at a bank, being an account or, as the case may be, a deposit receipt in the title of which the word “clientâ€, “trusteeâ€, “trust†or other fiduciary term appears, including—

(a)     an account or deposit receipt for a client whose name is specified in the title of the account on deposit receipt, and

(b)

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