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(1)In section 23 of the M1Solicitors Act 1974 (preparation of papers for probate etc. by unqualified persons), the following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (2) and (3)—
“(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a)a barrister;
(b)a duly certificated notary public;
(c)the Public Trustee;
(d)the Official Solicitor;
[F1(e)a person who—
(i)has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits or to effect or carry out contracts of insurance, and
(ii)satisfies the conditions mentioned in subsection (2A);
(f)an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) or (d) of Schedule 3 to that Act—
(i)which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12(1) of that Schedule) either to accept deposits or to effect or carry out contracts of insurance, and
(ii)which satisfies those conditions;]
(h)any subsidiary (as defined by section 736(1) of the Companies Act 1985) of a body falling within paragraph (e), [F2or (f)]—
(i)whose business, or any part of whose business, consists of acting as trustee or executor; and
(ii)which satisfies those conditions.
(2A)The conditions are that the body is a member of, or otherwise subject to, a scheme which—
(a)has been established (whether or not exclusively) for the purpose of dealing with complaints about the provision of probate services; and
(b)complies with such requirements as may be prescribed by regulations made by the [F3Secretary of State] with respect to matters relating to such complaints.
[F4(2AB)Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (2) must be read with—
(a)section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(b)any relevant order under that section; and
(c)Schedule 2 to that Act.]
(3)Subsection (1) also does not apply to—
(a)any act done by an officer or employee of a body corporate at a time when it is exempt from subsection (1) by virtue of any of paragraphs (e) to (h) of subsection (2) or by virtue of section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (preparation of probate papers etc.); or
(b)any act done by any person at the direction and under the supervision of another person if—
(i)that other person was at the time his employer, a partner of his employer or a fellow employee; and
(ii)the act could have been done by that other person for or in expectation of any fee, gain or reward without committing an offence under this section.
(4)For the avoidance of doubt, where a person does any act which would constitute an offence under subsection (1) but for an exemption given to him by this section or by or under any other enactment, he shall not be guilty of an offence under section 22 by virtue of having done that act.”
(2)In section 115 of the M2Supreme Court Act 1981 (grants to trust corporations) the following subsection shall be added at the end—
“(4)Subsections (1) to (3) shall also apply in relation to any body which is exempt from the provisions of section 23(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified persons not to prepare papers for probate etc.) by virtue of any of paragraphs (e) to (h) of subsection (2) of that section.”
(3)If a person who applies for any grant of probate or letters of administration—
(a)makes a statement in his application, or supports his application with a document, which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)recklessly makes a statement in his application, or supports his application with a document, which is false or misleading in a material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(4)Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
(5)In subsection (3) “letters of administration” includes all letters of administration of the effects of deceased persons, whether with or without a will annexed, and whether granted for general, special or limited purposes.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 54(1): in the inserted subsection (2), paras. (e)(f) substituted for paras. (e)-(g) (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 325(2)
F2S. 54(1): in the inserted subsection (2), words in para. (h) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 325(3)
F3Words in s. 54 in the substituted s. 23(2A) of the Solicitors Act 1974 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 8(1)(b) (with arts. 6, 8)
F4S. 54(1): after the inserted para. (2A), para. (2AB) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 325(4)
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