C1Part IVSolicitors

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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).