Part 6Legal Complaints

Jurisdiction and operation of the ombudsman scheme

I1129Pre-commencement acts and omissions

1

For the purposes of section 128 a person is to be regarded as an authorised person in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity, at a time before section 125 comes into force, if the person was at that time—

a

a person of the kind mentioned in paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 15,

b

a body recognised under section 9 or 32 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (recognised bodies), or

c

a legal partnership, a conveyancing partnership, a patent attorney body or a trade mark attorney body.

2

In this section—

  • “conveyancing partnership” has the meaning given by paragraph 11(5) of Schedule 5;

  • “legal partnership” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(4) of that Schedule;

  • “patent attorney body” has the meaning given by paragraph 14(7) of that Schedule;

  • “trade mark attorney body” has the meaning given by paragraph 16(7) of that Schedule.