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1.—(1) That the applicant is—
(a)a qualified person,
(b)a partnership or limited liability partnership at least one of whose members is a qualified person,
(c)a person who employs or has among his staff, or being a body corporate (other than a limited liability partnership) has among its officers, at least one qualified person who will make or supervise the making of applications to the land registry in the course of his employment or as such member of staff or officer, or
(d)a government department.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, “qualified person” means—
(a)a solicitor,
(b)a licensed conveyancer within the meaning of section 11(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985(1),
(c)a barrister,
(d)a duly certificated notary public, or
(e)a registered European lawyer within the meaning of the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000(2) who by virtue of regulations 6 and 12 of those Regulations is entitled to prepare for remuneration an instrument creating or transferring an interest in land in England and Wales.
1985 c.61; section 21 was amended by S.I. 2001/3649, article 298.
S.I. 2000/1119, amended by S.I. 2004/1628; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
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