SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments

Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)

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In Schedule 15D of the Companies Act 1985 (disclosures)—

a

the existing paragraph 46 becomes sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph,

b

in that sub-paragraph for “solicitor, barrister” substitute “ relevant lawyer ”, and

c

after that sub-paragraph insert—

2

“Relevant lawyer” means—

a

a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act),

b

a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland, or

c

a solicitor or advocate in Scotland.