[F1Sharing of profits or fees with unqualified personsN.I.
5.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a recognised body which knowingly shares any of its profits or fees with an unqualified person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.N.I.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in any of the following cases, namely—
(a)where a body corporate which has ceased its business as a recognised body receives from a recognised body a share of the profits or fees of that recognised body as a price or value of the body corporate's business; or
(b)where an agreement for sharing fees is made between a recognised body in Northern Ireland and a body or person carrying on the business or profession of providing professional legal services in some other part of the United Kingdom or in any country outside the United Kingdom; or
(c)where, for the purposes of making legal aid and advice more readily available to persons in need, the Council have directed in writing that sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to a non-profit making organisation.
(3) References in this paragraph to the profits and fees of a recognised body are to the profits and fees of the business of that body as a recognised body.]