SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21E+W+SMinor and consequential amendments

Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)E+W+S

127E+W+SThe Access to Justice Act 1999 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 128 to 131.

F1128E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

129E+W+SIn section 44 (barristers employed by solicitors)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)omit “is employed by”,

(ii)for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

(a)is employed by an authorised person, or

(b)is a manager of such a person,, and

(iii)for “his employer” substitute “ the authorised person of which the barrister is an employee or a manager ”,

(b)in subsection (2) after “employees” insert “ or managers of an authorised person ”, and

(c)after that subsection insert—

(3)In this section—

  • authorised person” means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act), and

  • manager” has the same meaning as in that Act (see section 207 of that Act).

F2130E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

131E+W+SIn section 46 (Bar practising certificates)—

(a)omit subsection (2)(b) and the “but” immediately preceding it, and

(b)omit subsections (3) to (6).