Legal Services Act 2007

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4(1)During the transitional period, every barrister is deemed to be authorised by the General Council of the Bar to carry on the activities in sub-paragraph (2).E+W

(2)Those activities are—

(a)the exercise of a right of audience before every court in relation to all proceedings;

(b)reserved instrument activities;

(c)probate activities;

(d)the administration of oaths.

(3)The authority conferred on a barrister by this paragraph is exercisable in accordance with, and subject to, the regulatory arrangements of the General Council of the Bar.

(4)A person is not authorised under sub-paragraph (1) unless the person has in force a certificate issued by the General Council of the Bar authorising the person to practise as a barrister.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 5 para. 4 wholly in force at 1.1.2010, see s. 211 and S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(b)(ii) (subject to art. 4 and with art. 9)