SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21 Amendments

Part I Amendments of Enactments

Solicitors Act 1974

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(1)

Section 23 of the M1Solicitors Act 1974 (preparation of papers for probate etc. by unqualified persons) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2), after paragraph (h) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(i)

a jointly controlled body or subsidiary—

(i)

whose business, or any part of whose business, consists of acting as trustee or executor; and

(ii)

which satisfies those conditions.”

(3)

After subsection (2A) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2B)

In subsection (2)(i) “jointly controlled body” and “subsidiary” have the meanings given by section 13 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992.”