SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments

Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)

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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).