Prospective
12(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.E+W+S
(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).