SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments

Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)

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In Schedule 15D of the Companies Act 1985 (disclosures)—

(a)

the existing paragraph 46 becomes sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph,

(b)

in that sub-paragraph for “solicitor, barrister” substitute “relevant lawyer”, and

(c)

after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(2)

“Relevant lawyer” means—

(a)

a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act),

(b)

a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland, or

(c)

a solicitor or advocate in Scotland.”