SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments
Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)
127
The Access to Justice Act 1999 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 128 to 131.
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129
In section 44 (barristers employed by solicitors)—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
omit “is employed by”,
ii
for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
a
is employed by an authorised person, or
b
is a manager of such a person,
iii
for “his employer” substitute “
the authorised person of which the barrister is an employee or a manager
”
,
b
in subsection (2) after “employees” insert “
or managers of an authorised person
”
, and
c
after that subsection insert—
3
In this section—
“authorised person” means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act), and
“manager” has the same meaning as in that Act (see section 207 of that Act).
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131
In section 46 (Bar practising certificates)—
a
omit subsection (2)(b) and the “but” immediately preceding it, and
b
omit subsections (3) to (6).