(1)  The Council of the Law Society established under the Law Society Act 1962 is continued.

(2)  The Council consists of 16 members elected under by-laws made under section 627 .

(3)  The quorum at any meeting of the Council is 9 members.

(4)  All acts and proceedings of the Council or of any person acting pursuant to any direction of the Council are, notwithstanding the subsequent discovery of any defect in the election of any member or that any person was disqualified from acting as, or incapable of being, a member, as valid as if the member had been duly elected and was qualified to act as, or capable of being, a member and as if the Council had been fully constituted.

(5)  Any act or proceeding of the Council or of any person acting pursuant to any direction of the Council is not invalidated or prejudiced only because, at the time when the act or proceeding was done, taken or commenced, there was a vacancy in the membership of the Council.