SCHEDULE 11Renaming of the Supreme Courts of England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Part 4Specific Amendments
Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)
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(1)
The Solicitors Act 1974 is amended as follows.
(2)
In section 6 (keeping of the roll) in subsection (1) for “Supreme Court” substitute “
Senior Courts
”
.
(3)
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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
”
.