SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18 Consequential Amendments

The Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)

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In section 42 of that Act (failure to disclose certain facts to solicitor employer), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—

1A

Any person—

a

with respect to whom a direction is in force under section 47(2)(g); and

b

who seeks or accepts employment by a solicitor in connection with that solicitor’s practice without previously informing him of the direction,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level three on the standard scale.