PART 1Preliminary
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and, subject to paragraph (2), come into force on exit day.
(2) Paragraphs 8(2) and (4), 13(2), (4), (7)(a), (c) and (e), (8)(a) and (c) and (9)(a) and 15(2) and (4) of the Schedule come into force at the end of the transitional period.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1978 Order” means the European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Order 1978(1);
“the 2000 Regulations” means the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000(2);
“the end of the transitional period” means 11.00 p.m. on 31 December 2020 (and references to anything happening before, after or at the end of the transitional period are to be read accordingly).
S.I. 1978/1910, amended by S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8), 2003/435 (N.I. 10), 2004/1117, 2008/81 and 2013/1605.
S.I. 2000/1119, amended by S.I. 2001/644, 2003/435 (N.I. 10), 2004/1628, 2008/81, 2009/1587, 2009/3348, 2013/534, 2013/1605, 2013/3176, 2015/401 and 2015/2059.