SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments

Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (c. 4)

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In section 4 of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (representation at disciplinary proceedings)—

(a)

in subsection (2) for “either by counsel or by a solicitor” substitute “ by a relevant lawyer ”,

(b)

in subsection (7) for “counsel or a solicitor” substitute “ a relevant lawyer ”, and

(c)

after that subsection insert—

“(8)

In this section “relevant lawyer” means—

(a)

in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, counsel or a solicitor, and

(b)

in relation to England and Wales, a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise of a right of audience (within the meaning of that Act).”