C1Part IVSolicitors
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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
85 Practising certificates for employed solicitors.
After section 1 of the M1Solicitors Act 1974 (qualifications for practising as solicitor) there shall be inserted the following section—
1A Practising certificates: employed solicitors.
A person who has been admitted as a solicitor and whose name is on the roll shall, if he would not otherwise be taken to be acting as a solicitor, be taken for the purposes of this Act to be so acting if he is employed in connection with the provision of any legal services—
a
by any person who is qualified to act as a solicitor;
b
by any partnership at least one member of which is so qualified; or
c
by a body recognised by the Council of the Law Society under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices).
Pt. 4: transfer of functions (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), arts. 4, 5, Sch. 1 (with arts. 6, 8)