Legal Services Act 2007

15 (1) During the transitional period, any reference in sections 9, 9A or 32A of, or Schedule 2 or 6 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (recognition of legal services bodies and conveyancing services bodies) to an authorised person is to be read as a reference to— E+W+S

(a) a person who has in force a certificate issued by the General Council of the Bar authorising the person to practise as a barrister,

(b) a person who is qualified under section 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) to act as a solicitor,

(c) a recognised body under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985,

(d) a registered European lawyer (within the meaning of the European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1119)),

(e) a person who has in force a certificate issued by the Institute of Legal Executives authorising the person to practise as a legal executive,

(f) licensed conveyancers (within the meaning of section 11(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985),

(g) a recognised body under section 32 of that Act,

(h) a duly certificated notary (within the meaning of paragraph 12(4) of Schedule 5),

(i) a person who (having regard to section 15) carries on notarial activities through an employee or manager of the person who is within paragraph (h),

(j) a registered patent attorney within the meaning given by section 275(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48),

(k) a patent attorney body (within the meaning of paragraph 14(7) of Schedule 5),

(l) a registered trade mark attorney within the meaning of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26),

(m) a trade mark attorney body (within the meaning of paragraph 16(7) of Schedule 5),

(n) an authorised member of the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen (within the meaning of paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 5), or

(o) a person who (having regard to section 15) carries on an activity which is a reserved legal activity within paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 5 through an employee or manager of the person who is within paragraph (n).

(2) After the end of the transitional period, any reference in section 9, 9A or 32A of, or Schedule 2 or 6 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) to an authorised person includes a person who is an exempt person—

(a) by virtue of paragraph 13 of Schedule 5, in relation to the carrying on of an activity which is a notarial activity, or

(b) by virtue of paragraph 18 of that Schedule, in relation to the carrying on of an activity which is a reserved legal activity within sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph.

(3) For this purpose “the transitional period” means the period which—

(a) begins with the day on which sections 9, 9A, 32 and 32A of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (as amended and substituted by Schedules 16 and 17) come into force, and

(b) ends with the day appointed for the coming into force of section 13 (entitlement to carry on a reserved legal activity).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 22 para. 15 wholly in force at 31.3.2009 see s. 211 and S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(c)(i) (subject to art. 5)