SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Authorised persons
Part 2Rights during transitional period
Solicitors etc
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1
During the transitional period—
a
every qualified solicitor,
b
every legal partnership, and
c
every body recognised under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (incorporated practices) (“a recognised body”),
is deemed to be authorised by the Law Society to carry on the activities in sub-paragraph (2).
2
Those activities are—
a
the exercise of a right of audience before every court in relation to all proceedings;
b
the conduct of litigation in relation to every court and all proceedings;
c
reserved instrument activities;
d
probate activities;
e
the administration of oaths.
3
The authority conferred on a qualified solicitor, legal partnership or recognised body by this paragraph is exercisable in accordance with, and subject to, the regulatory arrangements of the Law Society.
4
In this paragraph—
“legal partnership” means a partnership in which a qualified solicitor, a registered European Lawyer or a body recognised under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) is permitted to practise by virtue of rules made under that section or section 31 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47);
“qualified solicitor” means a person who is qualified under section 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 to act as a solicitor;
“registered European lawyer” means a registered European lawyer within the meaning of the European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1119) who is registered with the Law Society.