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SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments

Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 34)

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In section 1 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (deeds and their execution)—

a

in subsection (5) for “a solicitor” (in the first place) to “conveyancer” (in the second place) substitute “ a relevant lawyer, or an agent or employee of a relevant lawyer ”, and

b

in subsection (6) for the definition of “duly certificated notary public” substitute—

“relevant lawyer” means 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 instrument activity (within the meaning of that Act).