PART II N.I.QUALIFICATION, ADMISSION, PRACTISING CERTIFICATES, ETC.

Provisions with respect to unqualified persons acting as solicitors N.I.

[F1 Solicitor practising within the moratorium period which follows the making of a debt relief order N.I.

21B.   If a solicitor continues to practise as a solicitor while a moratorium period under a debt relief order applies to him and without having had the suspension of his practising certificate terminated under Article 16(4) or (7) or, if his practising certificate has effect subject to terms and conditions by virtue of a direction under Article 16(4)(c) or (7), without complying with those terms or conditions,

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years]

F1 Art. 21B inserted (7.3.2016) by The Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/108), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(7)