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Requirements for solicitors who have been RELs

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Regulation 9: Requirements for solicitors who have been RELs

9.1

If you are an REL and become admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, regulations 3 and 5 shall apply as if you were a solicitor admitted on the date of initial registration and regulations 6 and 11 shall not apply.

9.2

Nothing in these regulations shall be taken as requiring you to meet the requirements of regulation 4 if you are a solicitor who has previously been an REL.

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