SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16The Law Society, solicitors, recognised bodies and foreign lawyers

Part 2The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)

I186

In paragraph 1 of that Schedule (interpretation)—

a

in sub-paragraph (1) omit “corporate”,

b

in sub-paragraph (2) omit—

i

paragraph (b) and the “or” immediately preceding it,

ii

“corporate”, and

iii

“or application”,

c

after that sub-paragraph insert—

2A

References in this Schedule to a manager or employee of a recognised body, in relation to a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1A)(a)), include references to a person who was such a manager or employee at the time when the conduct to which the complaint relates took place.

d

omit sub-paragraph (3),

e

in sub-paragraph (4) omit from “; and for those purposes” to the end,

f

in sub-paragraph (5) for “sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)” substitute “ sub-paragraphs (4) and (6) ”, and

g

for sub-paragraph (6) substitute—

6

In this Schedule—

  • “manager”, in relation to a body, has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 207 of that Act);

  • “registered European lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 9A;

  • “the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974.