Part 6 E+W Legal Complaints

Valid from 01/01/2009

Jurisdiction and operation of the ombudsman scheme E+W

Valid from 06/10/2010

129 Pre-commencement acts and omissions E+W

(1) For the purposes of section 128 a person is to be regarded as an authorised person in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity, at a time before section 125 comes into force, if the person was at that time—

(a) a person of the kind mentioned in paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 15,

(b) a body recognised under section 9 or 32 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (recognised bodies), or

(c) a legal partnership, a conveyancing partnership, a patent attorney body or a trade mark attorney body.

(2) In this section—

• “conveyancing partnership” has the meaning given by paragraph 11(5) of Schedule 5;

• “legal partnership” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(4) of that Schedule;

• “patent attorney body” has the meaning given by paragraph 14(7) of that Schedule;

• “trade mark attorney body” has the meaning given by paragraph 16(7) of that Schedule.