SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21 Minor and consequential amendments

Benefices Act 1898 (c. 48)

14 In section 3 of the Benefices Act 1898 (appeal against refusal of benefice)—

(a) in subsection (2) for “counsel or a solicitor” substitute “an authorised person”, and

(b) after that subsection insert—

“(2A) In subsection (2) “authorised person” means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise a right of audience (within the meaning of that Act).”