SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Minor Amendments of Solicitors Act 1974

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1

Schedule 1 (intervention in solicitor’s practice) shall be amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1(1), after paragraph (e), insert—

ee

the Council are satisfied that a sole solicitor is incapacitated by illness or accident to such an extent as to be unable to attend to his practice;

3

In paragraph 5(2), after “bank” insert “or other financial institution”.

4

In paragraph 6(4), for “14” substitute “8”.

5

In paragraph 7—

a

in sub-paragraph (1), for “and any such person” substitute “or into a client account of a solicitor nominated on behalf of the Society, and any such person or solicitor”; and

b

in sub-paragraph (2), after “bank” insert “or other financial institution”.