Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21 E+W+S Minor and consequential amendments

Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) E+W+S

156 E+W+S In Schedule 2 to the Companies Act 2006 (exceptions from restrictions on disclosure), in paragraph 67—

(a) for “solicitor, barrister, advocate” substitute “ relevant lawyer ”, and

(b) for “ “Foreign lawyer”” to the end substitute— “In this paragraph—

“foreign lawyer” means a person (other than a relevant lawyer) who is a foreign lawyer within the meaning of section 89(9) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;

“relevant lawyer” means—

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

(b) a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland, or

(c) a solicitor or advocate in Scotland.”