Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 The Law Society, solicitors, recognised bodies and foreign lawyers

Part 2 The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)

86 In paragraph 1 of that Schedule (interpretation)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) omit “corporate”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (2) omit—

(i) paragraph (b) and the “or” immediately preceding it,

(ii) “corporate”, and

(iii) “or application”,

(c) after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(2A) References in this Schedule to a manager or employee of a recognised body, 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.”,

(d) omit sub-paragraph (3),

(e) in sub-paragraph (4) omit from “; and for those purposes” to the end,

(f) in sub-paragraph (5) for “sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (4) and (6)”, and

(g) for sub-paragraph (6) substitute—

“(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.”