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SCHEDULE 11U.K.Renaming of the Supreme Courts of England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Part 4 U.K.Specific Amendments

Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)U.K.

21(1)The Solicitors Act 1974 is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In section 6 (keeping of the roll) in subsection (1) for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ”.

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(4)In section 29 (non-British subjects as solicitors) for “of the Supreme Court or of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland” substitute “ of the Senior Courts or of the Court of Judicature ”.

(5)In section 50 (jurisdiction over solicitors)—

(a)in the side-note and subsection (1) for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ”;

(b)in subsection (2) for “Supreme Court was” substitute “ Senior Courts were ”.

(6)In section 87 (interpretation) in the definitions of “contentious business”, “the roll”, and “solicitor” for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ”.

Textual Amendments