SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Minor and consequential amendments
Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)
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The Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) is amended as follows.
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In section 62(4) (contentious business agreements made by clients) for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—
c
as a deputy for him appointed by the Court of Protection with powers in relation to his property and affairs, or
d
as another person authorised under that Act to act on his behalf.
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In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 (circumstances in which Law Society may intervene in solicitor's practice), for paragraph (f) substitute—
f
a solicitor lacks capacity (within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005) to act as a solicitor and powers under sections 15 to 20 or section 48 of that Act are exercisable in relation to him;