Administration of Justice Act 1985

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1(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), references in this Schedule to a recognised body [F1or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice] are references to a body [F2or sole solicitor’s practice] F3. . . for the time being recognised under section 9 of this Act.E+W

(2)References in this Schedule to a recognised body [F1or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice] in relation to—

(a)a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1)(a)); F4. . .

(b)F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

include references to a body [F2or sole solicitor’s practice] F5. . . that was recognised under section 9 of this Act at the time when the conduct to which the complaint F6. . . relates took place.

[F7(2A)References in this Schedule to a manager or employee of a recognised body, [F8or to an employee in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice,] in relation to a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1A)(a)), include references to a person who was such a manager or employee at the time when the conduct to which the complaint relates took place.]

[F9(2B)In this Schedule references to employment in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice have the same meaning as in section 9.]

(3)F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In section 87(1) of the 1974 Act the definitions of “client”, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” shall apply [F11for the purposes of this Schedule; and] for the purposes of—

(a)[F12any provision of this Schedule in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body] ; and

(b)any provision of the 1974 Act in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body by virtue of this Schedule,

[F13they shall apply] as if for any reference to a solicitor there were substituted a reference to a recognised body F14. . . .

(5)Subject to sub-paragraphs [F15sub-paragraphs (4) and (6)], any expression used in this Schedule which is also used in the 1974 Act has the same meaning as in that Act.

[F16(6)In this Schedule—

“manager”, in relation to a body, has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 207 of that Act);
“registered European lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 9A;
“the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) (2) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(a)(i)

F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) (2) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(a)(ii)

F3Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(a), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)