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2.—(1) The following provisions of the 2007 Act, to the extent that they are not already in force, come into force on 1st October 2011—
(a)in Part 3 (reserved legal activities), sections 18(2) to (4) and 21;
(b)in Part 4 (regulation of approved regulators), section 64;
(c)in Part 5 (alternative business structures), sections 71, 72, 73(1)(b), (2)(b) and (4), 82 subject to article 4, 84(1) subject to article 4, (3), (4), (5) subject to article 3 and (6), 85 subject to article 4, 86(1), (3) and (4), 87, 88, 90 to 102, 104, 110 and 111;
(d)Schedule 13 (ownership of licensed bodies);
(e)Schedule 14 (licensing authority’s powers of intervention);
(f)Schedule 16 (the Law Society, solicitors, recognised bodies and foreign lawyers);
(g)Schedule 17 (licensed conveyancing); and
(h)in Schedule 23 (repeals), the entries relating to—
(i)sections 32(1) and 87(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974();
(ii)paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985();
(iii)sections 279 and 280(3) and (4) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988(); and
(iv)sections 63, 94(1) and (2) and 120(4) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990().
(2) Section 18 of the 2007 Act, to the extent that it is not already in force, comes into force on 6th October 2011.