SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments

Companies Act 1989 (c. 40)

82

In section 87 of the Companies Act 1989 (exceptions from restrictions on disclosure)—

a

in subsection (2), in paragraph (c)(i), for “solicitor” substitute “ relevant lawyer ”, and

b

after that subsection insert—

2A

In subsection (2)(c)(i) “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.