Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Incorporated Practices: Supplementary Provisions

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2

Control of employment of persons convicted of offences of dishonesty and certain other persons E+W

11 (1) Where a person who is or was employed [F1 or remunerated] by a recognised body but is not himself a solicitor—

(a) has been convicted of a criminal offence which discloses such dishonesty that in the opinion of the Society it would be undesirable for him to be employed [F1 or remunerated] by a recognised body in connection with its business; or

(b) has, in the opinion of the Society, occasioned or been a party to, with or without the connivance of any director of the recognised body by which he is or was employed [F1 or remunerated], an act or default in relation to that body’s business which involved conduct on his part of such a nature that in the opinion of the Society it would be undesirable for him to be employed [F1 or remunerated] by a recognised body in connection with its business,

[F2 the Society may either make, or make an application to the Tribunal for it to make, an order under subsection (2) of section 43 of the 1974 Act with respect to him.]

(2) F3 . . . any reference in subsection (2) of that section to a solicitor or to his practice as a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body or to its business as such a body.

(3) Any reference in subsection (5) of that section to a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(1) inserted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 48, Sch. 7 para. 10(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(1) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 48, Sch. 7 para. 10(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(a)

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(2) repealed (1.1.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt.II (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(d), Sch.1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 para. 11 applied (16.9.2004) by S.I. 2000/1119, Sch. 4 para. 24(a) (as substituted by The European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1628), reg. 7(2))

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 2 para. 11 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2