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(1)The provisions of this Part shall have effect for the purpose of regulating the provision of conveyancing services by persons who hold licences in force under this Part.
(2)In this Part—
“licence” means a licence to practise as a licensed conveyancer;
“licensed conveyancer” means a person who holds a licence in force under this Part;
and references in this Part to practising as a licensed conveyancer are references to providing, as the holder of such a licence, conveyancing services in accordance with the licence.
(3)References in this Part to conveyancing services are references to the preparation of transfers, conveyances, contracts and other documents in connection with, and other services ancillary to, the disposition or acquisition of estates or interests in land; and for the purposes of this subsection—
(a)“disposition”—
(i)does not include a testamentary disposition or any disposition in the case of such a lease as is referred to in section 54(2) of the M1Law of Property Act 1925 (short leases); but
(ii)subject to that, includes in the case of leases both their grant and their assignment; and
(b)“acquisition” has a corresponding meaning.
(4)Section 22(1) of the M2Solicitors Act 1974 (restriction on person preparing certain instruments when not qualified to act as a solicitor) shall not apply to any act done by a licensed conveyancer in the course of the provision of any conveyancing services if he is not precluded from providing those services as a licensed conveyancer by any conditions imposed as mentioned in section 16(3)(a).
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