Background Offences relating to pretending to be a regulated provider of legal services Section 92 – Offence of pretending to be a member of Faculty of Advocates
221.This section makes it an offence for a person who is not a member of the Faculty to, without reasonable excuse, take or use a name, title, addition or description implying that the person is a member of the Faculty or otherwise pretend to be a member of the Faculty. The offence does not require any connection with providing legal services. For the purpose of this offence, a person is a member of the Faculty if the person is entered in the register maintained by the Faculty under section 16.
222.A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (currently £2,500) (as at the date of Royal Assent to this Act).