Hong Kong Regulations

SOLICITORS (PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY) RULES - RULE 7

Exemption

(1) Rule 6 shall not apply to a solicitor or a class of solicitors for the
time being exempted by the Council from compliance with these rules or to a
solicitor or a class of solicitors engaged only in a category or categories of
professional business specified by the Council.

(2) The Council may-

   (a)  exempt from compliance with these rules any solicitor or any class of
        solicitors specified by the Council;

   (b)  exempt from compliance with these rules any solicitor or any class of
        solicitors engaged only in a category or categories of professional
        business specified by the Council;

   (c)  grant such exemption either indefinitely or for a specified period or
        subject to such other conditions as the Council may from time to time
        determine; and

   (d)  revoke any exemption granted. (Enacted 1989)