Commencement of provisions2
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 19742;
ii
paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 19853;
iii
sections 279 and 280(3) and (4) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 19884; and
iv
sections 63, 94(1) and (2) and 120(4) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 19905.
2
Section 18 of the 2007 Act, to the extent that it is not already in force, comes into force on 6th October 2011.