SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22Transitional and transitory provision

Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)

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1

During the transitional period, the reference to an authorised person in section 1A(d) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (practising certificates: employed solicitors) is to be read as a reference to a person listed in paragraph 15(1), other than a person listed in paragraph (b) or (c) of that paragraph.

2

For this purpose “the transitional period” means the period which—

a

begins with the day on which section 1A(d) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (as inserted by Schedule 16) comes into force, and

b

ends with the day appointed for the coming into force of section 13 (entitlement to carry on a reserved legal activity).