SCHEDULES
I2C1 SCHEDULE 2F6Legal services practices: Supplementary Provisions
Words in Sch. 2 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 85 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)
Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) by SI 2000/1119 Sch. 4 para. 24(2) (as substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(c)(ii))
Privilege from disclosure etc.
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Where a recognised body acts as such for a client, any communication, document, material or information is privileged from disclosure in like manner as if the recognised body had at all material times been a solicitor acting for the client.
2
Any enactment or instrument making special provision in relation to a solicitor or other legal representative as to the disclosure of information, or as to the production, seizure or removal of documents, with respect to which a claim to professional privilege could be maintained shall, with any necessary modifications, have effect in relation to a recognised body as it has effect in relation to a solicitor.
3
F2InF9... F3sections F7748(4), 749 and 771(5) and (6) and 788(5) and (6) of the Income Tax Act 2007F8and section 832(5) and (6) of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 any reference to a solicitor’s client shall, in relation to a solicitor who is F4a manager or employee of a recognised body, be construed as a reference to a client of that body.
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This paragraph does not apply to a recognised body which holds a licence under Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (alternative business structures).
Sch. 2 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2