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2(1)An application for registration or for renewal of registration—
(a)shall be made to the Society in such form as the Council may prescribe; and
(b)shall be accompanied by such fee as the Council may, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, prescribe.
(2)Where such an application is duly made by a foreign lawyer, the Law Society may register the applicant if it is satisfied that the legal profession of which the applicant is a member is one which is so regulated as to make it appropriate—
(a)for solicitors to enter into multi-national partnerships with members of that profession; and
(b)for members of that profession to be officers of recognised bodies.
(3)Any registration may be made subject to such conditions as the Society sees fit to impose.
(4)The Council may make regulations, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, with respect to—
(a)the keeping of the register (including the manner in which entries are to be made, altered or removed); and
(b)applications for registration or renewal of registration.
(5)The register may be kept by means of a computer.
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