Valid from 01/01/2010
11(1)During the transitional period every individual who holds a conveyancing licence is deemed to be authorised by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers to administer oaths.E+W
(2)The authority conferred by sub-paragraph (1) is exercisable in accordance with and subject to the regulatory arrangements of the Council.
(3)During that period, every conveyancing partnership and every body recognised under section 32 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (bodies corporate entitled to provide conveyancing services) is deemed to be authorised by the Council—
(a)to carry on conveyancing services, and
(b)to administer oaths.
(4)The authority conferred by sub-paragraph (3) is exercisable in accordance with and subject to—
(a)in the case of a body recognised under section 32 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985, any condition subject to which its recognition has effect, and
(b)the regulatory arrangements of the Council.
(5)In this section “conveyancing partnership” means a partnership at least some of the members of which are licensed conveyancers.
(6)For the purposes of this paragraph a conveyancing licence is to be treated as not in force during any period when it is suspended.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 11 wholly in force at 1.1.2010, see s. 211 and S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(b)(ii) (with art. 9)