Administration of Justice Act 1985

Interpretation E+W

1 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), references in this Schedule to a recognised body are references to a body F1 . . . for the time being recognised under section 9 of this Act. E+W

(2) References in this Schedule to a recognised body in relation to—

(a) a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1)(a)); F2 . . .

(b) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

include references to a body F3 . . . that was recognised under section 9 of this Act at the time when the conduct to which the complaint F4 . . . relates took place.

[F5 (2A) References in this Schedule to a manager or employee of a recognised body, in relation to a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1A)(a)), include references to a person who was such a manager or employee at the time when the conduct to which the complaint relates took place.]

(3) F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) In section 87(1) of the 1974 Act the definitions of “client”, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” shall apply for the purposes of—

(a) this Schedule; and

(b) any provision of the 1974 Act in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body by virtue of this Schedule,

as if for any reference to a solicitor there were substituted a reference to a recognised body F7 . . . .

(5) Subject to sub-paragraphs [F8 sub-paragraphs (4) and (6)], any expression used in this Schedule which is also used in the 1974 Act has the same meaning as in that Act.

[F9 (6) In this Schedule—

• “manager”, in relation to a body, has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 207 of that Act);

• “registered European lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 9A;

• “the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(a), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)

F2 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(b)(i), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)

F3 Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(b)(ii), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(b)(iii), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)

F5 Sch. 2 para. 1(2A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(c) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)

F6 Sch. 2 para. 1(3) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(d), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)

F7 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(4) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(e), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)

F8 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(f) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)

F9 Sch. 2 para. 1(6) substituted (30.8.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(g) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/1436, art. 2(d)(ii)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2